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His project also tracked fallout across the continent by examining the thyroids of sheep and cattle as well as devices that filtered radioactive elements from air. Later the results, which showed dramatic increases of certain radioactive elements after British Nuclear Tests, caused a further,
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in 1922. On 1 March 1928 he joined Robertson's staff in the division of animal nutrition, CSIRO, Adelaide. Marston greatly impressed Robertson, and became the division's acting-chief on Robertson's death in 1930.
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brought Marston into bitter conflict with the government appointed Atomic Weapons Tests Safety Committee. He was vindicated posthumously by the
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controversial study where the bones of deceased people (especially children) were burnt to ash and then measured for
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in sheep. He subsequently oversaw the successful introduction of cobalt supplements.
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Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1936, Session I, H-29
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Marston was appointed a demonstrator in the university's department of
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Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
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FRS FAA (26 August 1900 – 25 August 1965) was an Australian
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In the 1950s, Marston's research into fallout from the
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
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Hedley Ralph Marston

Bordertown, South Australia
Toorak Gardens, South Australia
Australian
University of Adelaide
Fellow of the Royal Society
biochemistry
CSIRO
biochemist
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Bordertown, South Australia
Unley District High School
Adelaide
Mark Oliphant
University of Adelaide
Mathematics
physiology
biochemistry
Professor Thorburn Robertson
Dick Thomas
cobalt
coast disease
Sydney Josland
British nuclear tests at Maralinga
McClelland Royal Commission
Strontium-90
Doctor of Science
Australian National University
Fellow of the Royal Society

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