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Science 20 November 1964:
Vol. 146. no. 3647, pp. 1043 - 1045
DOI: 10.1126/science.146.3647.1043
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Radium-226 and Polonium-210 in Leaf Tobacco and Tobacco Soil

T. C. Tso 1, N. A. Hallden 2, and L. T. Alexander 3

1 Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705
2 Health and Safety Laboratory U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, New York
3 Soil Survey Laboratory, Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville

Contents of radium-226 and polonium-210 in leaf tobacco and tobacco-growing soils vary with the source. The differences may result from production locality, culture, and curing. The polonium seems to be not entirely derived from the radium; plants probably take it up from the soil or air.


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