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RECORD NUMBER: 792 OF 3338

Main Title Factors Influencing Strontium-90 in Milk from the Brainerd, Minn. Milkshed.
CORP Author Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis.
Year Published 1962
Report Number Pub-999-R-1;
Stock Number PB-169 671
Additional Subjects ( Milk ; Radiological contamination) ; ( Radiological contamination ; Milk) ; ( Strontium ; Radiological contamination) ; Radioactive isotopes ; Soils ; Minnesota ; Bovines ; Grasses ; Agriculture ; Radioactive fallout ; Rainfall ; Health physics ;
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NTIS  PB-169 671 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
A study was undertaken to investigate consistent farm-to-farm differences in the concentrations of strontium-90 found in milk produced within a small milkshed in central Minnesota. Covering an 8-month period, the study included sampling of milk, hay, grain, silage, water, forage, soil, and precipitation. The data indicate that 70 to 90 percent of the cattle's strontium-90 intake came from the native grass hay and that the farm-to-farm differences of strontium-90 concentrations in milk correspond to similar differences of strontium-90 concentrations in the hay fed. On the basis of the data obtained, it is not possible to explain why the consistent differences in the native grass hay existed. (Author)