10 years after Chernobyl--radioactivity of mother's milk-- measurements from Tirol, Tibet and Nepal
Lechner, W.; Brunner, P.; Bergant, A.; Pastner, E.; Müller, D.
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift 109(22): 884-886
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0043-5325 PMID: 9476337 Document Number: 479117
10 years after the Chernobyl disaster gamma radioactivity from Cs-137 was determined in 53 breast milk samples from Tyrol, as well as 9 samples from Tibet and 2 from Nepal by means of a gamma-spectrometer with a germanium detector. In contrast to the values obtained within a few days, and again 1 year after the nuclear plant catastrophe, all samples from Tyrol showed gamma radioactivity levels (median 0.07 nCi/l; range 0.02-0.20 nCi/l) which were now below the limit laid down for baby food in Austria (0.3 nCi/l-11.1 Bq). The samples from Tibet and Nepal registered a slightly higher level of gamma radioactivity (median 0.16 nCi/l; range 0.16-0.41 nCi/l).