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Letter: Correction

Published 29 October 1994

Correction: The article “Can Russian ‘hot’ logs fill American timber gap?”
(This Week, 8 October) gave incorrect figures for radiation given to treat
logs and food. These should have been 500 to 1000 grays for effective
treatment of logs and 150 to 200 grays” for fruit and vegetables.

Issue no. 1949 published 29 October 1994

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