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Show University Study Shows Low Radioactivity Radioactivity from fallout in - Utah milk is far below the average aver-age levels found in most parts of the United States, according to a study presently under way t the University of Utah. Tests show that Utah's milk is exceptionally safe even though the variation in milk radioactivity radioactivi-ty is very great, ranging from almost none to recognizable levels. lev-els. The study on accumulation of fallout material in milk, in particular par-ticular strontium 90 and cesium, is headed by Dr. Robert C. Pendleton, Pen-dleton, research associate professor pro-fessor of experimental biology, and Dr. Charles VV. Mays, research re-search associate, radiobiology laboratory, department of anatomy, anat-omy, college of medicine. "We are interested In finding out what factors in the environment environ-ment (plants, soils, water handling hand-ling processes, altitude, rainfall, geography location, etc.) affect the accumulations of the fallout nuclides (strontium 90 and ves-ium) ves-ium) in milk," says Dr. Pendleton. Pendle-ton. "We are also checking family fam-ily living at the various testing stations throughout the state to see if radiation levels in people and milk correlate." The sampling started Nov. 1. primarily because of the interest in fallout from Russian nuclear testing, and will continue for three years. |