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Originally Posted by Nate the great
Actually, it does. The output of coal plants is radioactive. I wouldn't want to live downwind of one.
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The amount of radiation is very small. The reason that coal power stations are now required to have "scrubbers" is almost entirely due to substances like suphur dioxide, which leads to "acid rain" (which is destroying a large part of America's wilderness areas). The radiation is negligible compared to the natural background radiation you're emersed in all the time.