TABLE 3
Estimated Daily Intake of 995,
1372 e6
and °°
from Bikini Foods, (pCi/day)
Food Item
Weight consumed
per day (g)
9057
137¢5
Re
Fish
554
105
178
55,400
Birds
&l
5.3
1,080
4,100
Arrowroot”™
4
--
+
Coconut
9
1.7
1,030
Clams
45
1.8
1.0
--
Imports
32
a)
1.0
--
115
2,290
59,500
7,000
87,000
1,800 pCi/g Ca 21,000
200 ,000
Total
782Or
eS Acceptable intake for
600 pCi/g Ca
suitable sample
aaa Acceptable intake for
individuals
*
90.
137
ae
tes
:
.
RoE
:
Sr and
Cs are removed in the processing of arrowroot to make flour
“This diet contains 0.42 g calcium per day
**k* Calculated in the following way:
Daily intake =
MPL
1.44 x T1/2
(biological)
where the value of the MPL for individuals is 1/10,
sample is 1/30 of the value for radiation workers
and for suitable
***k*Orher foodstuffs, (free from radioisotopic contamination) necessarily
will supplement this diet.
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