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.