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RELATION TO GOITRE TESTS IN NEW ZEALAND DISTRICTS [ Ter Press Association. ] WELLINGTON, Oct. 13. The possible relation between goitre and radioactivity of rocks and soils in New Zealand was discussed by Dr. E. Marsden at a meeting of the biology section of the Wellington Philosophical Society to-night. Some preliminary tests of radioactivity in soils had been carried out. Most radioactive soils were found in the Canterbury plains and Lower Hutt, where the incidence of goitre was known to be high. “Though there appears to be a cor-
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 244, 14 October 1937, Page 8
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90CONTENT OF SOILS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 244, 14 October 1937, Page 8
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