Despite reports of radio-active snow falling in the East, local ski bunnies may schuss to their heart's content without having to worry about waking up sterile, blind, or otherwise handicapped.

Otto Oldenberg, professor of Physics, said last night that the snow which fell in the Cambridge area this weekend quite likely was radio-active, but that there definitely was no cause for alarm. Before radiation could approach a dangerous level, it would have to be increased by an enormous factor, he said, commenting "Students needn't worry about taking precautions at this time."

According to Oldenberg, the reason that Geiger counters in the Rochester, N.Y. area were able to detect radiation after Saturday's snow is that the instruments are exceedingly sensitive. "If you approach a Geiger counter with a wrist-watch which has a luminous dial, it will sound like a thunder-storm," he pointed out.

The radiation detected in New York is thought to have been a result of tests currently being carried on by the Atomic Energy Commission in Nevada. Governor Thomas Dewey, when informed of the discovery, promised a full investigation.