Toxic Waste



Toxic waste is a unwanted detritus that is harmful to its surroundings and/or those within its surroundings. The most notable of these are green or yellow in color and usually irradiated. Potential mutagenic effects may appear. Harm from exposure can be mitigated or even avoided by wearing the right safety equipment, or simply avoiding contact all together.

To safely inter such hazardous material, it is usually stored in containment barrels in secure facilities. This was the intent at least, though many of these barrels would rust or leak over time. One of these facilities was what became known as the toxic caves, northwest of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Exposure to toxic waste was not limited to storage facilities, as decades after the Great War toxic waste can be found freely flowing in the ruins of Los Angeles, notably acting as an impassable moat for the Gun Runners fortress in 2161.

Toxic waste was also dumped illegally by unscrupulous individuals and organizations.

Appearances
Toxic waste appears in throughout the Fallout series.