WHAT'S TRUE. Excessive consumption of spicy snack foods (such as Takis brand corn chips) can lead to stomach pains and gastritis in children. WHAT'S FALSE. Evidence that moderate consumption of such snacks by children carries a significant risk of ulcers or cancer is lacking.
Uranium and the majority of the other heavy elementsâ¦ are formed by stellar nucleosynthesis in novas and supernovas. Heavy elements from the various sources in our galaxy combined with the mass of hydrogen that was the beginning of the formation our solar system around five billion years ago.
1 The U is concentrated in young sediments or soils near the earth's surface. 2  Uranium minerals precipitate out onto the finer-grained particles or are transported particles. 3  Associated with soil formation. 4  Deposits of this type are found in United States, Australia, Canada and Namibia. Deposits of this type are rare, but can be found in United States (Grants Mineral Belt, New Mexico). 2  Surficial deposits. 3  The U is concentrated in young sediments or soils near the earth's surface. 4  Uranium minerals precipitate out onto the finer-grained particles or are transported particles.