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same organ of the. northern island terns suggeats that the southern
a concentrations of radioactivematerial in the otherinternal
organs of the same animals. th view of these observations it:
- probably would be advisable toobtain samples from“AlAnginae
Atoll, located seven and ‘one-half nautdeal miles southwest of
. Rongelap Atoll, since the ‘Rongelap natives collect birds at
Alinginae as part of their food supply.
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"Pern ages were collected‘at Kabelle july 16, Decenber a,
1954, and January 29, 1955. the levels of radloactivity inthe
various partes of ‘the eres were low, with that of the shell approx=
imating the levels found in the bones of terns collected the same
day; ‘RadLoactivity in the egg yolkavariedfrom 1} to3 times: |
that found in the muscles of birds in the same collections. "the
whites of the egas contained the Lowest amountsof radioactive
m. isotopes ef all bird canples éxamined. “Ghese ‘levels were from
1/25 to 1/2 those found in bird mugele collected the same day.
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