Comment on Tonnes of iron dumped off B.C.'s coastparentComments−ceejayoz13y> So it's not like they dumped a bunch of scrap iron parts or old machinery into the ocean.No, it's much worse. Chunks of scrap iron isn't going to have much of an effect on the environment when compared to finely ground particles.> This is a fairly common chemical compound with many biological uses.Water's a common chemical compound with many biological uses, but that doesn't make a tsunami non-destructive.−stephengillie13yIt's still less destructive than an equal-sized equal-energy wave of sulphuric acid.
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> So it's not like they dumped a bunch of scrap iron parts or old machinery into the ocean.
No, it's much worse. Chunks of scrap iron isn't going to have much of an effect on the environment when compared to finely ground particles.
> This is a fairly common chemical compound with many biological uses.
Water's a common chemical compound with many biological uses, but that doesn't make a tsunami non-destructive.
It's still less destructive than an equal-sized equal-energy wave of sulphuric acid.