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San Francisco officials are demanding answers after learning dangerous levels of plutonium-239 were detected at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard last year. Health officials have blasted the US Navy.

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If your bath never seems to have enough bubbles, scientists have revealed the biggest mistake you're probably making.