Table lic
Average Radionuclide Contribution of M1k Expressed ag a Per Cent of
Maximum Permissible Concentration for t]he General Population’
MPC
-ol-
Radionuclide
MILKSHEDS
(uic/1iter)
Sacramento
Salt Lake City
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York City
sr90
80
6,2
5.3
11.7
6.9
6,8
y231
3000
1,0
8,3
8.6
4.5
2,6
sr89
7000
0,3
0.4
1,3
0.6
0.6
Csl37
150,000
0,03
0,04
0,03
0,03
0,03
Balko
200,000
0,01
0,02
0,05
0,02
0,02
Table extracted from a paper, Campbell, J.E. et al, "The Occurrence of Strontium-90, Iodine-131, and Other
Radionuclides in Milk
-
May 1957 Through April 1958", submitted to HASL by the U. S. Public Health Service
(Department of Health, Education, and Welfare).