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Main Title Farming practices and concentrations of fission products in milk /
Author Hansen, Warren G. ; Campbel, Jeptha E. ; Fook, Jack H. ; Mitchel, H. Clifford ; Elle, C. Howe
CORP Author Saint Louis County Health Dept., Mo.
Publisher U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Division of Radiological Health,
Year Published 1968
Report Number PHS PUB 999 R 6; SAph-73763
Stock Number PB-189 364
Subjects Radioactive contamination of food ; Milk
Additional Subjects ( Radiological contamination ; Milk) ; Strontium ; Iodine ; Control ; Missouri ; Bovines ; Grasses ; Fertilizers ; Radioactive isotopes
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NTIS  PB-189 364 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation iv, 44 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Abstract
Studies conducted over a 3-year period have shown that levels of strontium-90 and iodine-131 in milk can be moderated by optimal fertilization of the land. In controlled experiments, milk from cows grazing on abundant, well-fertilized pastures contained 50 percent or less of these radionuclides than did milk from cows grazing on unfertilized pastures on the same farm. A mechanism of dilution of the fission-product contamination in the larger volume of faster growing fertilized forage was shown to account for the differences in the milk. The findings suggest one possible means of controlling fission-product contamination in milk, if such control measures should be necessary. The results indicate that the high levels of strontium-90 in the St. Louis raw milk samples may have been due more to marginal fertilization of the farms than to uneven deposition of fallout. (Author)
Notes
"A report of a cooperative study performed by the St. Louis County Health Department and the Public Health Service under Contract no. SAph 73763." Includes bibliographical references (pages 34-35). Microfiche.