radioactivity
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There, Erikson teased out the stealthy, almost sinister peculiarities of modern man-made hazards, like radioactivity and toxicity, and their special, traumatic effects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
The Burevestnik’s radioactivity could make it easy to detect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
The camera will then pick up the radioactivity in such a way that doctors can see how, for example, a cancer has spread.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2025
The Cabrera Services report noted the radioactivity at the Albany Bulb is consistent with other landfills that accept construction debris, which may contain naturally radioactive material, such as granite.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024
For a long time it was assumed that anything so miraculously energetic as radioactivity must be beneficial.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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