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There's approximately 1.4 * 10^21 kg of water in the ocean. There's about 2.3 * 10^6 kg of waste per year. 10^-15 is a really small number.

(Hell, seawater is already ~3.3 * 10^-9 uranium.)





Why is heavy metal concentration such a problem in fish right now?

It isn't. And unlike heavy metals, nuclear waste becomes safer over time.




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