Primo’s Flat Fix

Over 300 square miles and almost 9 million people call New York City home. There is just one location in all of New York that is the most radioactive, despite the fact that there are many people living there. A tire repair company is also there. Unbelievably, this will transport us back to those Brazilian beaches and that radioactive toothpaste from the Nazi era. See, the site of the former Wolff-Alport Chemical Company is now home to Primo's auto shop. When it came to using that Brazilian sand, or sand that was similar to it, they did exactly what the Germans did back then. They processed the monazite to extract the rare earth metals while also producing uranium and thorium as byproducts.

Thorium was helpful for a while, but not always. Thorium was basically worthless before and after World War II. They hid it or really flushed it down the toilet. However, during the war, it was beneficial for making weapons, which was significant because the industry increased production at that time. Afterward, Wolff-Alport had surplus stock that was useless when it was no longer required. They once again dumped it. And they threw it away right there. Primo's is not in the "no big deal" category, in contrast to some of the items we've already highlighted.