[Vou. 91
1964]
yARTIN : RADIOECOLOGY AND STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION
4
bin
q
r
-
-
%
r
|!
eT
=
7000
SY
“
-
|
3
a
&
—
3
&
i
1
\
2
r
@
~o
‘cal
=
r
aN
\
\
\
|
>
‘\
JACK RABBIT — APPLE
2
aq OL
<
a
<
=
“
a
o
:
10
|
>5
5
-
“
\
iS
>
Ee
4
\
*
a
|
\. KANGAROO RAT — MET
“
P
e
$
~
00 0
A
wo—
-
=
-
uax
ul
k
Y
2
307
eo
+
t
F
&
r
~
.
|
aq
=
_ t
“0
o days after
idberg et al.
1
°
1
i
20
i
1
1
1
2
L
A
i
L
1
aL
rn
A
A
40
eo
oo
160
20
40
wo
DISTANCE FROM GROUND ZERO (MILES)
Fig. 9. Concentration of radioiodine in the thyroids of kangaroo rats and jack rabbits living in fallout contaminated areas 12 to 160 miles from ground zero. From Lindberg et al. (1959).
Table 8 illustrates the persistence of mixed fission product activities in
the tissues of jack rabbits living in a fallout contaminated environment.