years of ave,
and 417% live tiethe
of interest in Nevada.
9:
tear in the ecinties
In wacnington goanty,
were 628 children under 5 in i869,
and 332 live births in 1950.
Utah,
there
O70 live births in 1950
This indicates that there were
approxincately 250 to 3CO children tf 6 to 18 months in the
county at any given time.
Individual children on any of « liri, nunber of ranches
could have received high thyroid radiation doses (such as,
for instance, the 21 to 137 rads possiblle at
in Nevada on July 15, 1957).
the Geyser Ranch
There are repeated cases in
which we know it is quite likely that a considerable number
were exposed.
The entire Washingtcn county was blanketed
with fallout levels that could cause 5-100 rad or higher
doses on at least 7 different
2ccasions.
Not only was fresh wil: on farzs probably affected, but
also pasteurized milk, for much of the milk delivered in the
county is not mixed with milk from other areas,
St. George
has one local dairy, the Whivteneacd Uairy, which collects milk
only in Washington County, in tne immediate vicinity of
St. George, and distributes it locally.
The arden Meadowgold
Dairy collects ite milk in nearbdy Iron, Fiute and Beaver
counties,
These dairies have been in business throughout
the period under consideration with the same collection and
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distribution cxuttern. 7”
Pasteurized milk from these dcairie: vould be expected
to have ictine levels lower Dy a fastor of .85 than the