Abstract
The level of radiocarbon in atmospheric carbon dioxide has risen to almost double the natural or reference level of 1890 (about 14 dpm per gram of carbon) as a result of the testing of fission and fusion bombs. It has reached a concentration that can be measured in living tissues by low-level carbon-14 counting equipment.
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Berger, R., Libby, W.F., Alexander, G.V., Mead, J.F., Ross, J.F. (1966). Atmospheric Bomb Radiocarbon as a Tracer in Human Beings. In: Rothchild, S. (eds) Advances in Tracer Methodology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8625-4_33
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