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Table 2 Caesium radioactivity in host plant leaves* 1

From: Ingestion of radioactively contaminated diets for two generations in the pale grass blue butterfly

 

Activity of137Cs (±SE) [Bq/kg]

Activity of134Cs (±SE) [Bq/kg]

Total for137Cs and134Cs [Bq/kg]

Okinawa (for F1)

0.12 ± 0.02

0.06 ± 0.02

0.18 ± 0.03

Atami (for F1)

1.48 ± 0.06

1.05 ± 0.06

2.53 ± 0.08

Musashino (for F1)

3.82 ± 0.07

2.56 ± 0.07

6.38 ± 0.10

Kashiwa (for F1)

28.40 ± 0.33

19.17 ± 0.32

47.57 ± 0.46

Koriyama (for F1)

71.87 ± 0.40

45.34 ± 0.37

117.21 ± 0.54

Motomiya (for F1)

98.19 ± 0.54

62.41 ± 0.49

160.60 ± 0.73

Okinawa (for F2)

0.11 ± 0.02

0.06 ± 0.02

0.18 ± 0.03

Koriyama (for F2)

71.73 ± 0.40

44.07 ± 0.36

115.80 ± 0.54

Motomiya (for F2)

98.00 ± 0.53

60.65 ± 0.48

158.65 ± 0.72

  1. *1Activity levels were calculated assuming that the larvae ate all of the leaves required for their subsequent growth at once on the first day of ingestion of the contaminated leaves and that 137Cs and 134Cs were released at a 1:1 activity ratio on 15 March 2011 in a single burst from the Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP.