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HAYDEN, FAITH
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RACE horses , *CAUSES of death , *POISONING , *X-ray microscopes , *RESEARCH institutes - Abstract
The article focuses on how the mysterious death of an Australian racing horse icon Phar Lap was solved after 80 years since the incident happened. Placing a sample of stuffed hide of the horse under a highly specialized X-ray microscope located at the U.S. X-ray research facility Advanced Photon Source in Chicago, Illinois, the chemical arsenic was discovered within Phar Lap's hair. Thus, the 80 year mysterious death of Australia's beloved horse was finally traced to poisoning.
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- 2010
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