eve
a
believe, at the present time, three-tonths of a rad per week,
based on a human being who has a life span which is many tines
that of the fish ard based unon genetic change, SO we would be
very surprised if we Sav any radiation damage in tho organisms
of the Columpia River,
In terns of edibility of these particular fish, we
point out that they do accumulate some radisactive materials,
but wo so2 no reason to clese the fishing because it would be
utterly imvossible fer anybody to sit dowm day after day and
eat the quantity of Fish that would be required to give that
individual the body burden that would be permissible in terns
on
of the standards that we work with in atomic energy plants.
DR. PEARSON:
We have time for just a few questions
on this paper.
°
DR. KSTCIUM:
Your lowest form in the food chain order
was a herbivor, and the amount oF acctrulation decreased betveen
that and your fish,
Does that mean that you would have two orders
of macnitude more than the herbivor?
DR. POSTER! Tnis depends on several things.
The
percentass of phosphorous composition of the various forms here
is of prine imrcortancs.
out a little later,
than the animals.
In other words, I think this will be
Flants havo a lover pnhesphorous composition
If you get into the phosphorous rich animal
and you have the pessibility of this animal cating a good nany
plants, concentrating the phosphorous itself and thus ending uv