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Polychrome
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Oct-18-13, 03:30 AM (EDT) |
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18. "RE: A Few Notes"
In response to message #13
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>strontium-90 - Like radium, strontium is in the same column of >the periodic table as calcium, and can pretend to be calcium in >the body's processes. Which means that if ingested, some of it ends >up being integrated into the bones. Since >90Sr is a) not calcium and b) highly >radioactive, this is bad on several levels. Its presence is also used to detect forged paintings, since it did not exist in detectable quantities outside of a lab until 1945. Polychrome |
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