ESTIMATION OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION OF THE FOOD CHAIN
Journal Article
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· Bull. inst. natl. hyg.
OSTI ID:4840242
Results are given of a study made from 1958 to 1960 on metals in milk, cheese, grass, alfalfa, and other vegetable materials; Sr/sup 89/, Sr/sup 90/, and beta radioactivity of alkaline earth metals in bone; Cs/sup 137/ and I/sup 131/ in milk; and Sr/sup 89/ and Sr/sup 90/ in wine. After nuclear explosions in 1958 and 1959, radioactivity in forage and then in milk increased and later fell to values far below the maximum allowed. Values for milk and grass in the Vosges were often 10 to 20 times those in the Alsace plain. Milk from the Yosges had up to 50 mu mu C per g Ca in July 1959. (Public Health Eng. Abstr., 42: No. 3, March 1962)
- Research Organization:
- Originating Research Org. not identified
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-019194
- OSTI ID:
- 4840242
- Journal Information:
- Bull. inst. natl. hyg., Journal Name: Bull. inst. natl. hyg. Vol. Vol: 16
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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