Maybe it's for the best that we, as a society, have been steadily increasing our awareness of health and safety issues, as well as our environment. Less people get hurt, and we're not quite so reckless about destroying our natural resources (note: we're still pretty reckless).
On the other hand, we can't do stuff like this anymore.
"What should we do with this 20,000 pounds of surplus sodium from World War 2?"
"Might as well just throw it in the lake, I guess."
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Apparently they chose that lake because it already had such a high sodium hydroxide content. And apparently the lake is so salty (alkali salty) that only one fish, the Lahontan cutthroat trout, can survive there.
But it seems that the sodium added to the lake didn't have too disastrous effects. Apparently the Lahonton cutthroats you can catch there are huge!
So what you're saying is that if we could find a big drum of sodium, we could toss it in that lake and not only not feel guilty, but also catch some pre-seasoned fish? Score!
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