Zinc-65 levels in oysters in the Thames River (Connecticut).
Levels of zinc-65 in oysters from selected sites in the Thames River (Connecticut) have been determined for a 12-month period. The highest levels of radioactivity were in oysters from a bed situated opposite the United States submarine base in March 1961 (1637 micro-microcuries per kilogram of moist tissue). None of the samples assayed showed sufficient amounts of radioactivity to represent a health hazard.
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D000818:Animals; D003237:Connecticut; D008974:Mollusca; D010125:Ostreidae; D011851:Radioactivity; D045483:Rivers; D012758:Shellfish; D014481:United States; D014876:Water Pollution; D015032:Zinc; D015037:Zinc Radioisotopes
D015037:Zinc Radioisotopes; D015032:Zinc
RADIOACTIVITY; SHELLFISH; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC/radioactive