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KULWICH et al. recently reported1 the presence of unidentified γ-ray activity in several samples of wool. The bulk of the observed activity in the wool was shown to be most probably associated with its impurities and hence due to natural and fall-out contamination.
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Kulwich, R., Feinstein, L., Decker, R. W., Galumbis, C., Hourihan, M. E., and Terrill, C. E., Nature, 188, 511 (1960).
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BRAR, S., GUSTAFSON, P., KERRIGAN, M. et al. Radioactivity in Wool. Nature 192, 1094–1095 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1921094a0
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