Table A-1. Radionuclide concentrations in local food products (pCi/g wet weight) for
AgonyIsland at Likiep Atoll.
Food

137Cs

g0Sr

239+240Pu

241Am

Coconut crabs
Land crabs
Chicken muscle
Chicken liver
Chicken gizzard

2.50e+00
2.50e+00
2.99e-01
2.23e-01
1.88e-01

2.73e-01
2.73e~-01
2.07e-03
3.82e-02
7.49e-02

1.51e-03
1.51e-03
2.30e-05
3.40e-04
2.60e-04

4.80e-04
4,80e-04
3.70e-04
4.80e-04
5.70e-04

Pork muscle
Pork kidney
Pork liver
Pork heart

1.80e+00
2.70e+00
9.58e-01
7.72e-01

2.90e-04
6.12e-03
1.24e-03
2.94e-03

7.20e-06
1.50e-04
5 .50e-05
-3.90e-05

1.70e-05
8.60e-05
-6 .80e-06
1.40e-04

Bird muscle
Bird eggs
Chicken eggs
Pandanus fruit
Coconut fluid
Coconut milk
Drinking coconut meat
Copra meat
Marshallese cake
Rainwater
Wellwater
Malolo
Coffee/tea

9.50e-03
5.70e-03
2.99e-01
1.92e-01
2.13e-01
5.37e-01
3.92e-01
5.37e-01
5.37e-01
7.00e-05
1.80e-04
7.00e-05
7.00e-05

1.00e-03
4.50e-04
2.07e-03
7.83e-02
1.09e-04
1.00e-03
1.00e-03
1.00e-03
1.00e-03
8.90e-05
1.00e-03
8.90e-05
8.90e-05

4.60e-05
4.60e-05
2.30e-05
9.11e-06
1.53e-05
3.68e-05
3.68e-05
3.68e-05
3.68e-05
4.00e-07
7.00e-07
4.00e-07
4.00e-07

1.00e-05
1.00e-05
3.70e-04
QO.
2.07e-05
3.36e-05
3.36e-05
3.36e-05
3.36e-05
3.00e-07
2.50e-07
3.00e-07
3.00e-07

NOTE: Value, following e notation indicates power of ten. For example, 1.00e-05 is equal
_to 1.00 x 10-/.

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