Word: diatoms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Even young birds, particularly swallows, showed radioactive concentrations 500,000 times greater than normal after feeding on diatom-eating insects. Some animals, e.g., jack rabbits, were also affected after eating grass that had been irradiated, probably by particles escaping from Hanford's chimneys. None of the present radiation is dangerous, thanks to AEC precautions, but if the radioactive material in the Columbia were allowed to reach the maximum level considered safe for ordinary drinking water, fish from the river would soon be unfit for food...
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