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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