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I remember that video; the long story short was that a manufacturer of films for photography noticed that their films had spots on them, they initially thought it was defects, but because they had samples prior to testing, they saw an uptick.

But maybe I remember wrong.

Edit: the video in question is [1] and the conpany was Kodak.

[1] https://youtu.be/7pSqk-XV2QM



Not sure about camera film, but there's certainly a need for 'low-background steel' for several applications: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-background_steel


Speaking of, one way we verify old wine is through background radiation!


Sounds like the way Columbo would have caught one of the killers on the show.


It was used in "White-Collar" to create a scam!




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