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February 1967
FOOTNOTES
[1]This is mathematical shorthand for 1.08 followed by 24 zeros, or 1.08 million billion billion.
[2]Medicines such as “Radithor” and “Radium Water” were manufactured and sold before it was known that overexposure to radioactivity was harmful.
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