Radioactive Medicine Being Tracked Through Rivers

Friday, March 23, 2012 - 02:01 in Psychology & Sociology

A University of Delaware researcher found small quantities of radioactive iodine in the Delaware River, a major waterway. It is providing a new way to track where and how substances travel to the ocean. The iodine, I-131, is waste from thyroid cancer treatments.

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