swee; 4 to & cycles par second.

The ;robabliity of « vartiele remaining

within one mailiimeter sone for as mich eas one-half hour appeare te be
vanishing small.

.. Proteetion wil. also be

rovided by the auous

lining which is ‘tself renewed several tine: am hour."

Accepting the

estinstes above and the methods illustrated in appendices E and F, it may be
4

conyuted that about #3 reps would be delivered te the surfaes of an

inmagin-

ary stationary sphere one millimeter te radius by a 25 afcron particle (@/ ~~
4

uicrocuries), " Larger doses wd be delivered closer to the particle but
with the relatively rapid movement of the .article, it does net
that large doses will be delivered tc « great munber of cells.

appear
Multirle

exposures might ocour fror a’: itional part cles but again this risk is
difficult to evaluate

Foo.
Consideratle effort is being directed toward the study of seontan

ination of food froz fallout. One element of wajor concern is Sr, It
has been estimated thet if one ware to subaist entirely onfood& wm froz
selis containing about one slcroeurie er square foot of or* ,
of calciuz per acre

(1,000 pounds

tnat over a j;ertod of years there would aecwmlate in

the muman akeleton 4 vedy burcen

of one aiarocurie ef srs,

Seils taken

from

»

gbout

wiles fros the Wevada Iroving Grounds, now show a concentration

of

misrocuries per square font

*‘rivyate commmnication, L. a. Dear, 0
Beltsville, Marvlend, Apri] <3, 1°.

.

“e,artaent of agriculture,

Select target paragraph3