1. Strontium-90 mimics calcium. Calcium rich
bones will reject strontium-90. Plant based
foods are an easy to absorb alternative to dairy
products.
Strontium-90 and Calcium
nuclearworld.net /strontium-90_calcium/
Maggie LaRuex
Strontium has 24 isotopes that are radioactive, but strontium-90
is the most lethal. Strontium-90 is a by-product of nuclear
reactors. It is created when uranium and plutonium breakdown. It
has a half -lif e of 29 years, but that doesn’t mean that it
disappears af ter 29 years. Oh no, if only it were that simple.
Here’s the deal with half -lives. Let’s use strontium-90 as an
example. Strontium-90 has a half -lif e of 29 years. That means it
disappears af ter 29 years, right? Well, not exactly. Af ter 28 years,
half of the original amount of strontium-90 will be lef t over, then
af ter another 28 years, half of 50% will be lef t, so now we are
down to 25% of the original amount. Then af ter another 28 years,
we’re down to half of 25%. We’re at 12.5% now. It just goes on
and on like that and never really quite disappears because
whatever is lef t over is halved every 28 years.
And, because strontium-90 mimics calcium, the body tends to think, “Hey, calcium!” and treats it as if it were
calcium. So it ends up in the bones and teeth. Once in the bone morrow, it builds up and interf eres with the
body’s ability to make new blood cells. It can interf ere with blood clotting and cause anemia too.
Here’s where you can use the law of selective uptake to your advantage. Bones rich in calcium will look at
strontium-90 and say, “Eewww,” and immediately reject it. That’s the best case scenario. The worst case
scenario is when the bones are calcium def icient, the strontium-90 is absorbed as if it were calcium and then
becomes part of the bone’s structure. Blood clotting issues and anemia aside, strontium-90 tends to irradiate
the surrounding bone cells and eventually that may lead to leukemia or bone cancer.