The stockpiled lithium was depleted in lithium-6 by 75%, which was enough to affect the measured atomic weight of lithium in many standardized chemicals, and even the atomic weight of lithium in some "natural sources" of lithium ion which had been "contaminated" by lithium salts discharged from isotope separation facilities, which had found its way into ground water.
Det lagrede lithium blev udtømt i lithium-6 med 75 %, hvilket var nok til at påvirke lithiums målte atomvægt i mange standardiserede kemikalier og selv lithiums atomvægt i nogle "naturlige kilder" til lithiumion, som var blevet "forurenet" af lithiumsalte udledt fra isotopseperationsfaciliteter, der var havnet i grundvandet.