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Radioactivity in Milk*: SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
Results of Composite Samples for Period Ending September 1958.
Date of

Calcium Content

grams/liter

collec~

-gl-

tion

10-14-57
ll-14
12-19
1-15-58

Sample

1.141
1.146
1.157
1.167

3-16

1.149

6-15

1.122}

4-14
5-15

8~17
9-17

*

12 Mo.
Average

Radioactivity in uuc/liter
Iodine - 131

Strontium - 89

Sample

Sample

12 Mo.
Average

20
0
0
0

1.146
1.141

1.130
1.131

1.150
1.161

0

12 Mo.
Average

an
9
21
0

1.133

10
0

240

30
27

1.131
1.137

22
9

18

Strontium - 90
Sample

12 Mo.
Average

1.7
9.6
5.0
59

he2

Barium - 140
Sample

12 Mo.
Average

43
47
26
0

6

Cesium = 137
Sample [12 Mo.
Average

40
49
33
44,

48

26

77
38

40

21
23

10.5
328

409
4.8

21
l2

20
19

102
54

50
55

29
29

24
17

24
2h

6.8
3.8

503
55

0
0

17
15

65
Ta

55
57

24,

Tel

48

6

18

7

58

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 own.

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