Table 12K
is
of
:
AnalysisSummaryof
mx Samples Collected in Sepuenter 1958
in micromicrocuries per liter
‘Calciua
grams/liter
Iodine!3!|
-
strontium®9
strontium
Barium!40|
cestum!37
3, OOO#*
T, OOO#*
80. 0#*
200,000**
150, 000#«
Permissible Linits*
Recommended by NCRP&M
- 3B
for Lifetime Exposure
Atlanta, Ge.
1.154
20
T2
13.8
7
719
Austin, Texas
1,121
16
32
3.9
6
43
Chicago, 111.
1.161
13
oh
1-9
10
71
Cincinnati, Ohio
1.132
5
98
9.4
13
59
Fargo, N. Dak.
1.125
aT
140
14.1
53
113
New York, HN. Y.
1.241
10
B
5.6
15
16
Sacramento, Calif.
1.161
9
17
3.8
0
Te
Salt Lake City, Utah
1.207
14
hh
5.0
1h
48
Spokane, Washington
1.163
"1
43
8.2
5
78
St. Louis, Mo.
1.303
19
263
15.4
48
104
*
**
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This table was extracted from a press release (Jamary 5, 1959) prepared by the U. S. Public Health Service
which maintains a milk monitoring program of their oun.
These limits are the maximumpermissible limits for lifetime exposure of population groups to specific
radioisotopes in water and are derived from the current recommendations of the National Committee on
Radiation Protection and Measurement.
to milk.
The limits have been generally accepted as being equally applicable