Monday, 22 March 2010

Radioactivity from bikini atomic bomb tests could detect wine fraud

Scientists have detected harmless amounts of radioactive carbon in wine made from grapes grown since the tests in the 1960s.

They were able to pinpoint vintage to within a year by measuring the amount of radioactive carbon in the vintage.

It is believed the method could detect fraudalent attempts to pass cheap wine as big name wine.

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