Table 12]
Radioactivity in Milk*: ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
Results of Composite Samples for Period Ending September 1958,
Date of
Caicium Content
collec—
~
Tge-
tion
12-18
1-17-58
2-17
3-18
4-16
5-20
6—18
7-16
8-19
9-16
*
Radioactivity in uuc/liter
grams/liter
Sample
1.313
1.317
1.310
1.273
1.244
1.259
1.217
1.175
1.280
1.303
2 Yo
Iodine = 131
Average
{Sample
1.252
1.257
1.258
16257
1.264
1.272
0
0
0
0
100
0
0
624
61
19
[12 Mo.
Average
258
234
197
233
220
141
Strontium - 89
Sample
30
26
15
19
36
107
122
306
263
283
12 Mo.
Average
73
76
74
99
115
118
Strontium - 90
Sample
Tel
79
70
10.0
12.3
10.0
14.8
18.7
14.1
15 4
}|12 Mo.
Average
9.4
94
9.6
10.2
10.7
11.2
Barium - 140
Sample
16
6
4
5
50
4
L4
229
113
48
12 Mo.
Average
94
88
85
90
95
55
Cesiun - 137
Sample
49
41
45
55
61
94
96
160
109
104
12 Mo.
Average
50
56
59
67
73
76
This table was extracted from a press release (January 5, 1959) prepared by the U. S. Public Health Service
which maintains a milk monitoring program of their owne