Word: phosphorus
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Kinneman said that Harvard, which is licensedby the NRC to use phosphorus-32, is required tomaintain information on the spill for the NRC toreview during its annual visit...
...spill of the radioisotope phosphorus-32 was not serious enough to warrant an immediate inspection of the site, said John Kinneman, an NRC inspector...
Hallisey said the shoes of eight people were found contaminated with radioactive material, but no one is known to have been contaminated directly. Contamination with phosphorus-32 is dangerous only if exposed directly to skin...
...that bad? To be sure, dairy products are not the only source of such vital nutrients as calcium and phosphorus. A cup of milk provides 300 mg of calcium, compared with 250 mg for a cup of cooked kale. And O.K., some children are allergic to milk and therefore must get their calcium and other minerals from other foods. But for most children over the age of one, cow's milk is a perfectly adequate source of several important nutrients...
...They lacked a joint command-and-communications system and were dependent largely on weapons and ammunition abandoned by Iraqi soldiers as they fled the allies. The holy sites of Karbala and Najaf, so meticulously avoided by coalition bombing raids, were reportedly ravaged. In some cases targeted with napalm and phosphorus, thousands of civilians streamed toward the southern sector of the country occupied by U.S. troops. Ordered not to intervene, American soldiers could offer little more than food, water and medical assistance...