The atomic bomb marker inside your body

[dennisw]

It may also help to define a new geological era. In July, a group of earth scientists recommended that its presence in a Canadian lake – along with other human-made markers from the mid-20th Century – should represent the official start of the Anthropocene. Bad news for those of us born before nuclear weapons we are now
classed as born before the current geological age - how to make you feel old.


www.bbc.com/future/article/20230808-atomic-bomb-spike-carbon-radioactive-body-anthropocene

[jorgs01]

Yay just squeeked in, (dec '49). On  the other hand, with the poms setting off their crackers  in central oz, there goes any chance of growing old (dis)gracefully.