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A Gallup poll published in April 1940 revealed what Americans thought were the most serious public-health problems: Syphilis 46 percent Cancer 29 percent Tuberculosis 16 percent Infantile paralysis (polio) 9 percent.
Source Thomas M Leonard, Day By Day The Forties (New York Facts On File, 1977)
New Hopes.
Cost to the institutions receiving the shipments of radioisotopes was small, but scientists needed special equipment to handle the new and often dangerous materials. The government's atom-bomb production plant at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, soon adapted uranium piles to the mass production of radioactive byproduct material. Scientists believed a longer and healthier life for millions would come from the deadly material that rained down on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.Sources:
Harry M. Davis, "The Atom Goes to Work for Medicine," New York Times Magazine (22 September 1946): 15+;
"Lifesaving Role of the Atom. Wider Use of Its By-Products in Medicine," U.S. News & World Report...
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