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Originally Posted by Baddad
Here's a bit of nasty info: Cows feeding in a radioactive area supply radioactive calcium in the milk. Calcium carbonate is the main constituent of bone tissue and is insoluable. Radioactive calcium has a short half life and changes to strontium. Strontium carbonate is soluable. A creature's bones dissolve and weaken with disasterous results. 
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Marty,
There is something wrong here. Firstly Ca has 20 protons and Sr 38. No radioactive decay mechanism can add 18 protons. Second, apart from alkali metal and ammonium all carbonates are insoluble. Third, Sr supplements are used in the treatment of osteoporosis. You weren't thinking of potassium were you???