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. 2021 Mar;22(3):801–809. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2021.22.3.801

Table 3.

Time-Integrated 131I Activity Concentration in Cow’s Milk Locally Produced in Oceania, South America, Madagascar, and French Polynesia in 1964-1974

Year Time-integrated 131I activity concentration in locally produced cow’s milk (Bq d L-1)
Fiji (Suva) Samoa (Apia) New
Zealanda
New
Caledonia (Nouméa)
Australiaa Ecuador (Quito) Peru
(Lima b)
Colombia (Bogotá) Chile (Santiago) Bolivia (La Paz) Madagascar (Antsiranana)c French Polynesia (Tahiti)
1966 210 150 18-43 d 56-410 93 220 150 480 520 e
1967 41 230 0.56-11 23 14-380 < LD 180 15 35 77 240
1968 150 130 5.4-29 < LD f 29-170 20 150-370 g 56 240 190
1970 130 240 7.6-46 130 32-210 < LD 30-280 h 33 91 440 490
1971 92 250 1.9-16 96 13-200 < LD 110 i 28 190 89 240 650
1972 2 0.64 <0.074-1.5 < LD 1.9-6.3 < LD < LD i 10 70 14 < LD 40
1973 11 39 0.22-1.9 < LD 1.3-10 < LD 11 18 180 < LD 410
1974 96 150 4.6-25 < LD 13-91 48 580 i 10 78 110 2400

a, Range of values measured in monitoring stations; b, Lima unless otherwise indicated; c, Zebu’s milk; d, No measurements were reported; e, Estimated based on reconstructed fallout; f, Less than limit of detection; g, Range of values measured in Lima, Arequipa and Tacna; h, Range of values measured in Lima, Huancayo and Arequipa; i, Arequipa.