Excerpt from Usda Radiological Monitoring Program: May 1961
The problems in the field of radiation and radioactive fallout on agriculture relate to the potential damage from radiation and radioactive fallout on the agricultural personnel, livestock, and other agricultural resources. It also would bring about economic losses resulting from protracted denial time dictated by the need to protect people who work with these resources. The radiation from fallout on surrounding environ ment, including the body surfaces, can result in damage or death to both man and animals. Ingested, in the form of contaminated food or water, relatively small amounts of radioactive fallout can cause delayed and longer lasting injury to humans and animals. Ingestion of larger amounts tends to produce serious injury earlier and.may result in death. It is essential that defense measures include protection of food resources of this country against radioactive fallout and.means for minimizing the effects of fallout on livestock, poultry, lands, and food crops.
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