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Part VII.
“Biologyand Medicine
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PROJECT SUNSHINE (UNCLASSIFIED)
Soil Sampling and Comparison. of Collection Methods
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‘Studies involving the monitoring of the distribution offallout over the surface of the. e2
have been extended. The analysis of gummied-paper samples: from more than 100 stations
‘pared to those from collection pots placed at about 20 gummed-paper stations in the Unite
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States and abroad. Stations were selected for these comparative studies ina manner whi
to the available calcium content,
" Distributionn of Radiostroritium in Foodstuffs
' urine are being collected in Turkey and the Philippines bysurvey teams of the Interdepa
mental Committee on Nutrition for National Defense, in which committee AEC is particigs
The samples will be analyzed by the New York Health and Safety Laboratory. Informatiog
‘also being collected on the foods ‘which provide the major, source of calcium, -the per cap
mine the importance of such factors as geographic location,"calcium content of soils,, an
- local dietary habits in the distribution of strontium 90 in foodstufis.
- MOUSE GENETICS
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. mutations in mice. In the United States, the mouse genetics project at Oak Ridge Nation
Laboratory supplies the most important. data available on induced mutations in mamma A
which extrapolations.to human populations can be based.