TABLE ONE

Summary of Gross Beta Activity in Miscellaneous Plant Samples
Average Activity (yc/g x 108) (4)
Plant Material

Island

Likiep Utirik Rongelap
Gtass

20

Coconut leaf
Coconut frond stem
Coconut shell
Coconut husk

400

Busch

Eniaetok

Labaredj

420

2800

5300
750

3000

1100

1.7

1.5

Coconut sprout

Sprouted coconut
roots
Scaevola leaf

Kabelle Lukuen

1900
1800
17
13
110

53
28

140
120

72

2100
670
140

Gejen

68,000

Arrowroot leaf
Pumpkin

2.0

Limes

2.0

Taro

11

Banana
Vines

4.6

(a)

100

490

Wet weight

Data reported as of March 1,

1955.

Bikar

180

Eniwetak

400

3.4

290

6.7

6C

23

19
61
35 -

*Collections made about February 1,

5600

150
110

Scaevola Trunk
Section
Artowroot tem

Lomuilal

1955.

340

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