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i 4 a i t i i f 5 t i i 'i MAIL TRIBUNE, M-for. Or. 1 C Thursday, Aug. 27, 1959 Measles Said To Curb Growth Of Fingernails New York - (Science Serv ice) A good case of the measles cuts down the growth rate of fingernails, a pedia trician reported here. In fact, measles and kidney diseases appear to be the biggest Inhibitors, Dr. Maar ten S. Sibinga of the New York University College of Medicine explained. Contrary to some beliefs, malnutrition and restricted diets do not alter the growth rate appreciably, he said. The average growth rate was found to be near .105 milli meters per day. This meas urement was obtained by en larging photographs taken each day of those fingernails under observation. Fluctuation Noticed There appears to be no dif ference in the average nail growth rate of males and fe males. However, fluctuations ,in growth rate were noticed at times in both sexes, the pediatrician said. Since it is well known that the nails and hair grow after death, Dr. Sibinga measured the growth of the nails of three dead adults. The nail growth of two of them was followed for 10 days while that of the third was followed for eight. Nail growth was found to be within the low normal average growth rate of live persons for the first two or three days after death. This was followed by a somewhat slower growth rate thereafter, and growth had not ceased at the time observations were discontinued. However, within that obser vation period, Dr. Sibinga noted that measles appeared to have a more inhibiting ef fect upon nail growth than did death. There are marked indi vidual variations in the rate of nail growth at all ages, but for the same individual and the same nail the rate of growth is relatively con stant and can be used to study the effect of various physiologic and pathologic disturbances, he concluded. Stronlium-90 Level Found High In Midwest Hay Washington-(Science Serv-ice)-Samples of alfalfa hay grown in Minnesota and South Dakota have been found to contain more than 10 times the maximum per missible level of strontium-90. These figures, and others, were released here by the Department of Health, Educa tion and Welfare. They are based on samples tested in October of last year. Other samples of strontium-90 levels revealed that alfalfa hay grown in Nebras ka contained one and one half times the permissible level, and almost eight times the permissible level in Mary land. 1 Studied in 19 States Samples of the beta radio activity of alfalfa hay and en silage were studied in 19 states. Only the above four were studied for their strontium-90 count. The counts of the other samples remain un known. The maximum permissible level of strontium-90 has been set at 8 0 micromicrocuries per liter or kilogram in the entire diet over a lifetime. This standard was set by the National Committee on Radia tion Protection and Measure ments. Health officials here, how ever, expressed the belief these newly detected high levels are not dangerous. Available evidence indicates that the amount of strontium 90 appearing in milk is con siderably less than the amount of strontium-90 in the cow's diet. Yet, health officials say they do not know exactly how much of the dangerous isotope travels to the milk and meat of the cow. Radioactivity Removed When asked about foods that are grown in these areas and consumed directly by hu mans, Food and Drug physi ologist Dr. Edwin Laug said that normal processing, that is, washing and blanching of vegetables, Should remove most of the radioactivity. However, the exact amount that is removed by this meth od has not been determined. The U. S. Public Health Serv ice plans to examine the ra dioactivity of 473 samples of 50 varieties of food through out the country. 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