《Periodic Table Strontium 》作者： - Michael Swanwick【EPUB】

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Michael Swanwicks Periodic Table of Science Fiction 38 Sr Strontium87.62 Fallout Strontium-90 is the chief immediate health hazard in fallout. Because of its similarities tocalcium it is easily absorbed by plants and animals. In mammals it will tend to concentratein milk presenting a particular danger to infants. Taken in large amounts strontium-90 cancause leukemia or bone cancer. In rare instances it can be responsible for the acquisition ofsuperpowers. The Chinese open-air atomic bomb tests of the early 1960s caused a rash of superheroes. Spider-Man is perhaps the best known but such media darlings as the Fantastic Four the Flash theAtom and the entire first generation of X-Men were also generated by these tests. TheIncredible Hulk is often lumped in with this crew but he was the result of an overdose ofgamma radiation