Re: CS-137 in animals

[w2t@ornl.gov (Jim Watts)]

I don't know about the deer around Boston, but deer in the southeastern U.S.
have Cs-137 from the above ground weapons test in the western U.S.  It is
apparently a combination of the weather patterns carrying fallout, potassium
deficiency in the soil, and the deer's diet of lichen, mushroom,
honeysuckle, etc.  This was reported in Health Physics several years ago.
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>     "ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP ASKS HUNTERS TO SEND DEER PARTS"
>     BOSTON GLOBE ONLINE, 11/4/96, Associated Press
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