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Poppy Johnston

MYSTERIOUS: Alarm sounded on radioactive risk from deep sea mining - What They Never Told You

Deep sea mining could potentially expose humans to radioactive material through the food chain. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Plucking minerals from the ocean floor risks disturbed radioactive material entering the marine food chain, an anti-deep sea mining group warns.

The Deep Sea Mining Campaign says the emerging industry could stir up and spread radioactive particles that concentrate on the sea floor, with potentially harmful ramifications for marine creatures that ingest or inhale them.

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