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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk10:50, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • ... that the Ciudad Juárez cobalt-60 contamination incident was caused when radioactive material ended up in a junkyard and it was smelted to produce rebar? Source: "Most of the cobalt 60 pellets were scooped up by a giant junkyard magnet, mixed in with other scrap metal and taken to two Mexican foundries, where they were melted into steel reinforcement rods and restaurant table legs." NYT

Created by 219.91.135.57 (talk). Nominated by Tbhotch (talk) at 03:45, 11 February 2022 (UTC).[reply]

ALT0 to T:DYK/P7

"Mexican Chernobyl", really ?

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We have one reference to one fringe website : this seems a bit thin to phrase it as *sometimes* or to warrant the bold words in the first sentence.--Noliscient (talk) 11:24, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Noliscient: Is the BBC "fringe"?. I merely linked Cultura Colectiva as it was the first immediately in English source I found. So please, don't assume things just because you can assume things. (CC) Tbhotch 19:19, 6 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Lo siento, no hablo español, pero Aunque no tiene una comparación con la explosión de un reactor nuclear seems an appropriate precaution. Still not worthy of being bolded in the introductive summary of an encyclopedic article, in my very humble and non Mexican opinion. --Noliscient (talk) 12:41, 7 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]