“But guess what, increased health issues of people "close" to the place it gets released clearly show that this isn't really the case. At least for the people close by.”
Do you have a link/source for this?
Do you have a link/source for this?
This doesn't talk about the health problems because in this case that wouldn't quite make sense, but it does show that minerals/substances/chemicals/whatever can locally concentrate around an area even when it's connected to the ocean.