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 Another
potential pathway for contaminants to
reach humans is through the food chain.
ESER Program personnel sample multiple agricultural products and
game animals around the INEEL and Southeast Idaho.
Specifically, milk, wheat, potatoes, garden lettuce, sheep, big
game, waterfowl, marmots, and fish (if available) are sampled.
Milk is sampled throughout the year (see
sampling schedule). Sheep are sampled during the second quarter.
Lettuce and wheat are sampled during the third quarter, while
potatoes and waterfowl are collected during the fourth quarter.
Big game and fish are sampled as they come available.
See Table A-1, Appendix A, for more details on foodstuff
sampling. All samples are
analyzed by gamma spectrometry for any gamma emitting radionuclides.
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