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Science 9 June 1961:
Vol. 133. no. 3467, pp. 1826 - 1828
DOI: 10.1126/science.133.3467.1826
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Zinc-65 in Marine Organisms along the Oregon and Washington Coasts

D. G. Watson 1, J. J. Davis 1, and W. C. Hanson 1

1 Biology Laboratory, Hanford Laboratories, General Electric Company, Richland, Washington

The concentration of zinc-65 in marine animals and plants near the mouth of the Columbia River is presented. Amounts of radiozinc found in the biota diminished rapidly with the distance from the river mouth. The highest levels were found in plankton, algae, and mollusks. Of the human foods, oysters exhibited the highest levels.

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