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A comment on UN Bans Mercury Satellite Propellants Under New Minamata Treaty Provisions. Parent comment
βThe Minamata Convention on Mercury seeks to eliminate all mercury uses where technically-achievable non-mercury alternatives are available,β
By comparison, plutonium is not particularly toxic. I see no reason a similar treaty wouldn't have a similar exception.
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βThe Minamata Convention on Mercury seeks to eliminate all mercury uses where technically-achievable non-mercury alternatives are available,β
By comparison, plutonium is not particularly toxic. I see no reason a similar treaty wouldn't have a similar exception.