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  • The fascist invasion of Iraq: •ÂReleased 380 TONS of high-explosives to hostiles. • Released highly radioactive Cesium and Strontium from the UNGUARDED Tuwaitha and eight other nuke sites previously under UN lockdown. •ÂPut a few pounds of those 380 tons of high-explosives together with a cannister of Cesium, in the back of a pickup truck, and drive it up a hill upwind from Tel Aviv.

    Think Progress » Murtha is Right: Reagan’s Redeployment Made America Stronger 2006

  • Mike is interested in forming a band with us called Strontium 90.

    Broken Music, A Memoir Sting 2003

  • Redding said the most troubling chemical found was, "a heavy metal called Strontium, which can be toxic to humans, especially in growing children".

    Pittsburgh Indymedia 2010

  • Redding said the most troubling chemical found was, "a heavy metal called Strontium, which can be toxic to humans, especially in growing children".

    Pittsburgh Indymedia 2010

  • The Florida Department of Health has confirmed that some Chinese drywall gives off a material called Strontium Sulfide, a chemical compound that can smell like rotten eggs.

    unknown title 2009

  • Radioactive substances such as Strontium-90 are measured in "sunshine units," and when deadly plutonium somehow goes missing, it's simply a "MUF -- material unaccounted for."

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed MediaChannel.org Rory O'Connor 2010

  • Radioactive substances such as Strontium-90 are measured in "sunshine units," and when deadly plutonium somehow goes missing, it's simply a "MUF -- material unaccounted for."

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed MediaChannel.org Rory O'Connor 2010

  • Radioactive substances such as Strontium-90 are measured in "sunshine units," and when deadly plutonium somehow goes missing, it's simply a "MUF - material unaccounted for."

    MediaChannel 2.0 - Site Wide Activity 2010

  • Strontium acts like calcium and accumulates in bones.

    High Level of Toxins in Water at Japan Plant Raises Risks Mitsuru Obe 2011

  • Plus, a new 2000AD license in the vein of Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog called “ABC Warriors,” where you play warbots!

    Mongoose Publishing Doing Grand « Geek Related 2009

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