I'd wonder, like, oh, I wonder what around me is potentially putting chemical pollutants in the air, whether that's my gas stove or things from a construction site.
The company that owns the building, said the containers were full of acid and infectant, which they think came into contact with rain water causing a reaction.
But at the Fukushima Daiichi Plant, those cooling systems started to fail, reactor course overheated and contaminated water inside the plant with highly radioactive material.
The most alarming of all man's assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials.
He spoke to BBC Radio 4's Inside Science program and explained why we should be trying to reduce these pollutants-a word for the substances that cause pollution.