WHERE ARE THE CASES OF RADIUM POISONING?

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Is fall-out from atomic bombs dangerous to us or to our descendants? What will be the effect of 30 years' continuous exposure to strontium 90 and other radioactive materials? These questions have produced more speculations than facts. The answers may well be right in front of us if we would only look at them. We cannot afford to dally much longer. How many know that there are alive today a large number of persons who have been harboring radioactive substances within their systems for over 30 years, a full generation? These persons are generally referred to as having cases of radium poisoning—internal deposits of radium, mesothorium, radiothorium, thorium X, thorium dioxide, or any combination of these materials. Some painted watch dials, some drank "Radithor," and others had injections of radium chloride, a type of accepted therapy in 1927. Most doctors and laymen alike assume that these persons have all been

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