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Ratio of observed activity to
MPC (water)*#
Ryt06.
Sample**
pnt06 y92 wn54 p55 pe59 C057 C058 969 765
Clam kidney
Belle Is.
9-22-56
0.05
0.1
12.
140.
12.
9.7
44.7
.65
---
---
---
0.42
0.32
---
1
.2
£03
80.08
9-23-56
---
---
0.32
3.2
---
09
14
.03
0.13
Fish liver
Belle Is.
5 and 6, 54
---
---
0.08
5.3
---
005
---
.008
0.01
Fish liver
homogenate
Fox Is.
9-23-56
Bonito liver
Fox Is.
In the clam kidney the levels of Mn>% Fe--, Fe>?, Coe! and
Co°8 are greater than the maximum permissible concentration in
water for human consumption.
however,
In an average of the fish livers,
only the level of Fe? is greater than the MPC.
The levels of activity in these samples,
however, are un-
doubtedly greater than the average for the animals of the Pacific
Proving Ground, since the samples were collected in regions subjected to greater than average amounts of contamination.
The gen-
eral levels of non-fission product radioisotopes in the marine
organisms and the variation in radioactivity content between indi-
*
MPC/m1 Hp0 for Mn>4=1,3x1973 uc (Seymour, 1957), Fe >5=4x107,
Pe 921x107 uc, Cool=7.2x1073, C05821,5x1073, Co%2x10-2,
Zn°5e6x1272 (Handbook-52)
#*#
See appendix table