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• Earlier tests: [1], [2],
• Health risks: [3], [4], [5] (maybe good further reading), [6], [7],

-- IvoShandor ( talk) 15:50, 12 November 2008 (UTC) reply

• Related articles:
• zinc cadmium sulfide: [8], [9]

-- IvoShandor ( talk) 16:14, 12 November 2008 (UTC) I remember seeing this flying boxcar over South Minneapolis as a child, on its way back to the airfield at Wold Chamberlain Field, and hating it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Baron D. Z. ( talk • contribs) 03:08, 3 December 2009 (UTC) reply