Table A-9.
Radionuclide concentrations in local food products (pCi/g wet weight) for
Mejit Island.
Food
137Cs
90Sr
239+240Pu
241Am
Coconut crabs
Land crabs
Chicken muscle
Chicken liver
Chicken gizzard
Pork muscle
Pork kidney
Pork liver
Pork heart
Bird muscle
Bird eggs
Chicken eggs
Pandanus fruit
Breadfruit
Coconut fluid
Coconut milk
Drinking coconut meat
2.50e+00
2.50e+00
4.75e-01
2.81e-01
3.17e-01
1.80e+00
2.69e+00
1.11e+00
7.72e-01
7.00e-03
4.20e-03
4.75e-01
1.22e+00
9.18e-01
1.02e-01
1.216+00
8.83e-01
2.73e-01
2.73e-01
5 .65e-04
1.46e-02
1.13e-02
4.00e-04
8.06e-03
2.lie-03
2.94e-03
5 .56e-04
2.50e-04
5 .65e-04
4.25e-03
1.12e-03
1.20e-04
1.08e-03
1.08e-03
1.51e-03
1.51e-03
2.80e-05
4.10e-04
1.40e-04
2.20e-06
1.50e-04
2.80e-05
1.90e-05
2.00e-05
2.00e-05
2.80e-05
-6.79e-07
2.80e-06
-3.90e-06
-9.23e-06
-9 .23e-06
4.80e-04
4.80e-04
2.60e-05
1.60e-03
1.60e-03
2.20e-05
5 .50e-04
-6 .60e-06
1.60e~-04
1.72e-05
1.72e-05
2.60e~-05
0.
7.90e~-06
4.50e~-06
7.36e~-06
7.36e-06
Copra meat
Marshallese cake
1.21e+00
1.21e+00
1.08e-03
1.08e-03
-9.23e-06
—~9.23e-06
7.36e-06
7.36e-06
Papaya
4.67e-01
0.
Rainwater
7.00e-05
8.90e-05
0.
4.00e-07
QO.
3.00e-07
Wellwater
1.80e-04
1.00e-03
7.00e~-07
2.50e-07
Malolo
7.00e-05
8.90e-05
4.00e-07
3.00e-07
Coffee/tea
7.00e-05
8.90e-05
4.00e-07
3.00e-07
NOTE: Value, following e notation indicates power of ten. For example, |.00e-05 is equal
to 1.00 x 10-7.
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