Radiation And The Population

Discusses genetic damage brought about through radiation. Explains the genetics research program of the atomic energy commission. Illustrates, with mice, how radiation causes permanent mutations. Shows mutation experiments with fruit flies. Features Douglas Grahn and Herman Slatis, geneticists from Argonne national laboratories.

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  1. Fred Smith, Man Of Confusion
  2. Which Way For Human Rights
  3. Rumor. 1954
  4. Foundations For The Future 1962
  5. Radiation And The Population 1962
  6. Searching For The Ultimate 1962
  7. The Surest Poison 1962
  8. Tracing Air - Borne Radioactivity 1962
  9. Tracing Living Cells 1962

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, format, sound, description, catalog record