Re: Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsia)

[Bjorn Sandstrom <sandstrom@ume.foa.se>]

At 03:40 1998-08-12 -0500, you wrote:
>Using Eisenbud (1963, page 153) there is 14 pCi per gram
>as mentioned earlier in this forum. Multiply by
>3.7x10E10 x 1000 (to get "Bq per kilo"). Isn't that around
>500 Bq/kg? Or am I lost? 

No, Bjorn C, you're not lost. However, the 4th edition of Eisenbud (1997)
p. 147 cites another ref. for the activity (Penna Franca et al. Health
Phys. 14, 95-99, 1968). PF has a value of 10 - 260 Bq (273 - 7100 pCi) per
kg for the activity of Brazil nuts. 

I, too, link an earlier aflatoxin discussion in the media to these nuts.

Bjorn S
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