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STERNGLASS and his associates1–4 have claimed that strontium-90 in fallout from atomic tests has produced and continues to produce great numbers of foetal and infant deaths. We have now tested on Canadian data the reported finding5,6 that infant mortality in various states of the US closely paralleled the level of strontium-90 in cows' milk from that same state.
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SHAW, R., SMITH, A. Strontium-90 and Infant Mortality in Canada. Nature 228, 667–669 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228667a0
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