fodder,
For some montita acserciaiiy all milk supp.tee would
be too highly radioactive ~*
sue even if the cows survived
Although exposed fooda woulc
be suspected of being too highly
contaminated to be eaten f7) perinds of weeks, or «ven monthe.
this contamination woul.i be on the surface of the oods.
Most of it can be removed from the surface by wash ng or
peeling.
Canned goods .n the tailow. area
could be made safe by washirge be ran
fo
m#xemp ie,
Radinactive contamination wali acse be ir fourcea of water
supply. However, if operative existing water t-es#tment
processes will help redisce ' 16 hatard
When I have talked abou {7% +. . ave had reference to exdeting stocks. New produc ton .s another mattec, one with which
the survivors must expert °: nave difficulty.
Much of our
valuable agricultural lands wi.
».e highly contaminated and
crops raised in these aes, wi
ake up radioactive materiale
from the soil. Reclama‘ion of these lands wil. be @ particularly critical matt-:
presented by strontium 4
contaminate the land an.
“he princtpal prob.em «6 that
whic
inless removed, w..
i.+
ops for decades
The moat
effective removal metho: a- ve
i4 the removal of p.round
cover or the surface so 1.
“h.s .s time consuming would
Yequire a great deal of lanc~
and equipment and we sre left
with the problem of disposing -f .arge quantities © f conteaminated material.
In-ensi-ve cropping {s anotner method,
but here again considerable
ine .8 required -
crops to remove the strontium 4
ean, of course,
shift prceduction
ebcuc 40
« acceptable levela
+f milk and vegecablea
uncontaminated land, ra .sink 21: y non-food cropa sich ef
cotton and flax on contamine:ei Lands. ‘Tnia hae @ ciaadvantage. When contam nave: anis are cultivated
the
possibility of physical rem sa «+ the fallout de pone
The Department of Agric Jture ias the principa. intecest
in this subject, and {6 as toe: werkeng ow osractt.«
One
to
countermeasures.
Survival is elso dependent «©
he manufacture anc
+ane-
portation of goods and he reestavlishment of -he . varem
for the distribution of fonc
energy and fuela
The
communications upon whith we depend ao heavily ms
ne
restored,
Some sort of hous a
niat ve pr videc
he
displaced, snd so on
he wor oom.st ce a oomp fete
wet