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ATOM TEST DANGER

Strontium-90

Levels

LONDON, December 9 The level of strontium-90 in foodstuffs and in human bone at present does not appear to constitute a “significant hazard," according to the “British Medical Journal.” “But, the position will quickly change if a large-scale hvdrogen bomb testing programme is resumed.-” it says. If the present lull in nuclear weapon testing continued, the level of strontium 90—a harmful by-product of nuclear explosions which is absorbed into the bones from food and water—should not rise much further, the article said. But accurate measurements would remain important for many years. “Other tasks for the future must include continued study of strontium metabolism as a basis for efforts to explain the wide variation of strontium uptake between one individual ord another,” the article said.

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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29384, 10 December 1960, Page 13

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ATOM TEST DANGER Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29384, 10 December 1960, Page 13

ATOM TEST DANGER Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29384, 10 December 1960, Page 13