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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated March 21, 1962 reads "Making check are Jack Covert, right, Health Department, and George Williams." The article partially reads "About 10 years ago some housewives began cutting down on the amount of milk consumed by their families out of fear that milk might be contaminated by radioactive fallout from nuclear tests."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Department of Health Services--Employees Men--California--San Fernando Valley County officials and employees--California--San Fernando Valley Laboratories--California--San Fernando Valley Milk--California--San Fernando Valley Milk--Analysis Radioactivity--Measurement Scientific apparatus and instruments--California--San Fernando Valley Microscopes--California--San Fernando Valley Milk containers--California--San Fernando Valley Glass containers--California--San Fernando Valley Bottles--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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