Russian Tests Renew Fallout Fears
Photograph
Russian Tests Renew Fallout Fears
1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 7/16 × 6 5/8 in. (23.9 × 16.9 cm)
Paper: 10 1/16 × 8 in. (25.5 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0531
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso, BC: 9/61 30) RUSSIAN TESTS RENEW FALLOUT FEARS and bring increased \ pressure on scientists to determine the effect of radioactivity \ on human beings. One of the most important experiments conducted \ is that of determining the presence of Strontium 90 (a by-product \ of atomic explosion) in bones of the recently dead. It is thought \ that an overdose of Strontium 90 can cause cancer of the bone \ tissue. This picture shows an experiment conducted at the Lamont \ Laboratories of Columbia University on human bone specimens re- \ ceived from all over the world. \ Credit: Brian Brake © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS
