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Radioactive Iodine In
Palmer Area Milk Is
Termed Not “Harmful"
PALMER IT — Stewart Dur
rani, general manager of Matanus
ka Maid. Inc.. Friday termed as
“misleading” a report from Wash
ington. DC., regarding radioactive
iodine content of milk from the
Palmer area.
Durrant is meeting with Matan
uska Valley dairy farmers, milk
processors and public health offi
cials at the Agricultural Exeperi
ment Station near Palmer to con
sider this continuing problem.
A report from the Public Health
Service in Washington indicated
that, based on daily averages, the
milk produced in the Palmer area
shows a total of 36.990 micromicro
curies of radioactive iodine per
liter for the year ending Oct. 31.
Termed an acceptable health
risk for a 12-month period is a
36.500 micromicrocuries reading.
Valley cattle have been fed
largely on stored feed since the
middle of September, according to
Allan Mick, director of the Agri
cultural Experiment Station near
Palmer.
Mick said the dry feed is stored
under a roof or in a standard silo
pit which cuts down on continued
radioactive contamination.
Radioactive iodine content is
quickly lost in stored feed, accord
ing to Mick. He said the dry feed
is free from contamination in two
weeks.
"Technically, nobody knows
what a safe level is,’’ Durrant said.
He said the quoted acceptable level
was set for use in industrial plants
where workers are handling radio
active materials.
Other authorities hold that the
radioactive content of milk from
Palmer is not dangerous to con
sumers.
There is “absolutely no health
risk involved,” according to Frank
Fields, engineering supervisor of
Environmental Health for the
State Department of Health.
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