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Juan_Ebolovich t1_j68l9f3 wrote

Reply to comment by zebediah49 in ELI5: why can't we use electricity to kill microorganisms in small amount of water ? by FreshT3ch

Yeah, if it's stainless steel for example, you're getting some delicious chromium, which is a Bad Time.

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CulturalIndication1 t1_j692iez wrote

Yeah, fuck chromium. I grew up in a town that had a chrome plating factory and they dumped their waste in the creek that ran alongside two schools. I was born with correctable heart defect but damn there were a lot of kids with cancer.

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Soranic t1_j6av8ti wrote

Jersey City?

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CulturalIndication1 t1_j6avg7d wrote

Nah, Northern California, Willits

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Soranic t1_j6awi2i wrote

Jersey City used to regularly turn some shade of purple because of the factory. Now there's a gated community in place of the factory.

The local wetlands preserve says not to eat the crabs in the water because you'll get cancer.

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_ShakashuriBlowdown t1_j68o3c3 wrote

Been doing some home electrolysis for fun. Everything I read about chromium has me feeling like this.

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