Table
11>
tion of Short and Intormediate Half-livod Radionuclides in Milk

(concentration expressed as ac)liter)

No, Weapons#*
|Tests Reported
ElseContid

1957-58

vs.

mere

MILKSHEDS

7132

palo

gr

[7131

pgthO§—gr89

7132

Yew York City

Cincinnati

st. Louis

Balt Lake Clty

Sacramento

palhO

gD

7132

pall

ggB

pal

pallhO

—g89

Jan-April

0

n

May

1

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

June

k

1

250

-

-

0

71.5

-

410

9.7

-

370

-

-

40

-

-

Jaly

b

0

-

10,8

-

-

197.9

-

-

146 8

-

-

-

-

-

-

Ang
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan

h
7
1
0
0
a

1
3
3
1
1
0

10
10
20
0
0
0

9,6
%.0
43.3
45.9
2.7
o

2%.2
14.1
21.7
9.2
2h
0

200
is)
990
9
50
0

46,3
83.0
130.8
5.1
3.5
1.3

71.7
55.6
90.5
23.5
1.1
8.6

ao
970
890
Q
0
0

51.3
1532.0
120.9
8.3
16.4
6,0

79.3
|2h3.2
[1h1.9
66.4
29.5
25.5

230
430
300
0
0
0

98.8
125.8
68.5
13.3
3.5
0

87.3
66.L
[131.7
h8.9
12.3
0.3

Feb

0

2

0

8.2

2.9

bo

0.5

8,1

0

hl

14,6

0

1.7

8.5

0

8.7)

32h

Mar

0

7

0

apr

Oo

AVERAGE

2

-

50
300
250
100
0
0

76.4 7h,0
125.91 8h.2
158.8 122.0
3.5% 37.b
14.2
0
5.5
0

10

20.8

6.4

17.5

0

0.3

3.3

2,2

100

50,2

4.6

19.1

Oo

30

0

13,1

5.6

0

0.9]

2.6

3.0

19.7

22.2

2h9

49.1

5

258

94.1

72,8

136

3b.8

WS

79

b1.6

38.8

77.4

30

0

0

35.5

1.7

*

Table extracted from a paper, Campbell, J.B. et al, "The Occurrence of Strontium-90, Iodine-131, and Other Radiomclides in Milk
Through April 1958", sulmitted to HASL by the U. 8. Public Health Service (Department of Health, Education, and Welfare).

oe

«Compiled from varicus press releases.

50

-

0

May 1957

2,0

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