Californium’s a double-edged
sword
Janet Kuypers
1/17/22 Twitter-length Periodic Table poem
for element #98, Californium (Cf)
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Made in nuclear reactors, this radioactive Californium
takes years to make, it’s hazardous to ship,
& is insanely expensive—
it’ll infiltrate your bones & liver, causing cancer;
then again, a Californium isotope
targets cancer to aid patients,
so it’s quite a double-edged sword.
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