# Suddenly pollution reared it's ugly head

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 6, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-pollution-reared-its-ugly-head/727180 "2015-08-06T19:17:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![SeniorCitizen007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@SeniorCitizen007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeniorCitizen007)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-pollution-reared-its-ugly-head/727180/1 "2015-08-06T19:17:44Z")

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On day in the late1950s a scientist appeared on the BBC news and claimed, amongst other things, that 500,000 babies had been killed world-wide by fallout from nuclear testing. I was working in a laboratory at the time. The next day the Chief Chemist gathered us all together and totally ridiculed the idea that our activities as scientists could be endangering the planet.

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-pollution-reared-its-ugly-head/727180/2 "2015-08-06T19:46:30Z")

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One day a dog bit a postman.