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STRONTIUM-90 from the fall-out of atomic explosions, and from accidental release by industrial plant, presents a hazard to health. Although some biological discrimination against strontium seems to exist, it is absorbed and deposited in skeletal tissue in much the same way as calcium. Strontium-90 accreted in the bone causes dysfunction of bone marrow and its formed elements, interferes with normal growth and has been shown to initiate malignant tumours1. Many attempts to remove deposits of strontium from skeletal tissue by means of chelating agents have been unsuccessful, most probably for the reasons discussed by Schubert2.
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WALDRON-EDWARD, D., PAUL, T. & SKORYNA, S. Suppression of Intestinal Absorption of Radioactive Strontium by Naturally Occurring Non-absorbable Polyelectrolytes. Nature 205, 1117–1118 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2051117a0
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