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Strontium⁹⁰ and Milk

Considerations on Sr⁹⁰ and the Role of Milk in Our Diet

Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Dairy Science, University of Illinois, Urbana

ABSTRACT

In a previous publication (2), pertinent data concerning the significance of Strontium⁹⁰ (Sr⁹⁰) in milk were assembled and reviewed in as scientific a manner as the limited data allowed. Since that time many comments have reached the authors encouraging them to write a more simplified article, and these have prompted the writing of this article.

The available knowledge on radioactivity in milk and other foods has been increasing rapidly in the past year and for this reason a second review article (1) is appearing simultaneously in this issue of the JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE. Material for this simplified article has been taken from both of these reviews (1,2), and the documentation and further elaboration of the subjects covered in this article may be found there.

Why Has Milk Received So Much Recent Publicity?

The public has become increasingly aware that milk is a carrier of radioactive materials, of which Sr⁹⁰ probably is the most important.