ATOMIC MYTHS DISPELLED
Most popular atomic myths were recently exploded for the benefit of Canada’s prospecting fraternity. .
Most of the wild tales that came in the wake of uranium rushes, they were told, were based on imagination, superstition or coincidence! In no case was science consulted.
A panel of experts attending the seventeenth annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association stressed that: 1. No danger is involved in handling uranium ore up to the point of refining. 2. The presence of buried radioactive ore brings about no change in the surface vegetation. 3. There is no noticeable rise in temperature around the ore deposits.
There had been widespread conjecture, said Dr W. F. James, advisor to the Atomic Energy Control Board, about effects of uranium radiation on the body. The observ'ance of common cleanliness was sufficient nrotection.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 7, 4 July 1949, Page 5
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