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If I have 10kg of mercury and I dump it in a river, that measures 10kg of toxic waste.
But if I have pile of 10 million kg of rock that contains 1kg of mercury, it's reported as a million times worse for 1 tenth the toxin.
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If I have 10kg of mercury and I dump it in a river, that measures 10kg of toxic waste.
But if I have pile of 10 million kg of rock that contains 1kg of mercury, it's reported as a million times worse for 1 tenth the toxin.