Radioactivity in milk consumed in Nigeria 10 years after Chernobyl reactor accident

Osibote, Otolorin Adelaja; Olomo, James Bolarinwa; Tchokossa, P.; Balogun, F.A.

doi:10.1016/s0168-9002(98)00996-6

Cited by 18 publications

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“…It is important to remark that the 40 K activity levels determined in the present study are similar to those of milk consumed in other countries, with the exception of milk imported by Nigeria, which presents higher activity levels (Osibote et al, 1999).…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 80%

Activity levels of gamma-emitters in Argentinean cow milk

Desimoni¹,

Sives²,

Errico³

et al. 2009

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

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Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 80%

Activity levels of gamma-emitters in Argentinean cow milk

Desimoni¹,

Sives²,

Errico³

et al. 2009

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

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“…lodine-131, Strontium-90, Caesium-134, Caesium-137 etc) was detected in any of the bottled fruit juice samples judging by the initial environmental radionuclide pollution. However, the answer may lie in the fact that radiocaesium has short biological half -life of the order of 2-4 weeks [21] as well as possible countermeasures which were applied by the farmers planting these fruit trees in Nigeria. Crops have widely different uptake patterns from soil to harvest food, due to variations in their radionuclide transfer factors for the soil-plant-fruit pathway.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Radionuclide Concentrations in Some Fruit Juices Produced and Consumed in Lagos, Nigeria

Adeniji¹,

Alatise²,

Nwanya³

2013

AJEP

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Abstract:A total of seven samples of bottled fruit juice produced and consumed in Nigeria were used for the study. The average concentrations of radionuclides contained in some bottled fruit juice produced and consumed in Nigeria and also exported to neighboring countries have been estimated by means of scintillation detector which is sodium Iodide activated with thallium (Na (Ti)). The radionuclides observed with reliable regularity belonged to the series -decay naturally occurring radionuclides headed by 238 Sr were not detected in any of the bottled fruit juices which might be due to the countermeasures applied. The activity concentrations of each of the naturally occurring radionucldes in the bottled fruit juice were much lower than those recommended by the regulatory bodies. Thus, the contribution from these radionuclides does not pose any significant radiological health problem to the consumers.

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“…Anthropogenic activities such as pesticide applications, industrialization, urbanization, and crude oil exploration are contributors to heavy metal contamination. [7][8][9][10][11] Some metals are essential for the proper functioning of biological systems yet are toxic at high concentrations. Plants and animals require trace elements for the proper functioning of the organs and systems.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%