Radioactivity Measurements in Alaskan Eskimos in 1963
Palmer HE, Hanson WC, Griffin BI, Fleming DM. 1964. Radioactivity Measurements in Alaskan Eskimos in 1963. Science. 144(3620):859-860
During the summer of 1963 people at five villages above the Arctic Circle in Alaska were measured for accumulated radioactivity with a portable whole-body counter. Adults of the interior village of Anaktuvuk pass showed the highest average body burden, 628 nanocuries of cesium-137. This is an increase of nearly 50 percent over the summer before. The maximun burden found was 1.24 microcuries.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Palmer, H; Hanson, W; Griffin, B; Fleming, D
- Units
- BELA , CAKR , GAAR , KOVA , NOAT
- Keywords
- Alaskan natives, Arctic, Contaminants, Contaminants/Hazardous Materials, Contamination, Environmental Impacts, Eskimos, Hazardous Materials, Native Americans, Radionuclides