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However, Mr, Lynch undertook a soil
collection at 17 of the gummed fallout, gummed
paper monitoring stations in the United States
end we analyzed the soil in this laboratory .
for strontium 90 only.
Here we have the results of this
experiment.
,
The figurea in red, the
.
‘numerator
ia the measured value, the observed one, and
the figure underneath is that predicted by
gummed paper monitoring,
This is. strontium 90 per square —
foot at the various stations as they are
shown on the map.
:
The figures to the right in black
are the ratios, the actual ratios of this
enlculation.
As you maybe able to see the ratios
in most cases are over one,
In other words
we were picking up more strontium 90 in the
soil than we predicted from the paper.
As a matter of fect, the average:
ratio, the collecting I might point out,
stations near the Nevada test area which are