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Science 13 March 1964:
Vol. 143. no. 3611, pp. 1163 - 1164
DOI: 10.1126/science.143.3611.1163
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Natural Carbon-14 Activity of Organic Substances in Streams

A. A. Rosen 1 and Meyer Rubin 2

1 Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center, Cincinnati 26, Ohio
2 U.S. Geological Survey, Washington 25, D.C.

Carbon-14 measurements made on organic contaminants extracted from streams show percentages of industrial waste and domestic sewage. The method, used previously for studies of the atmosphere, can be used in studies of pollution sources.


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