Radioactivity of honey in central and southern Poland

Wieczorek, J.; Kaczor, Marcin; Romańczyk, Grzegorz; Grońska, Monika; Boryło, Alicja

doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106376

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“…Considering the low level of accumulation of radionuclides in the nectar and pollen of plants, which is food for honey bees and raw material for the production of beekeeping products, it is promising to use phytoremediation of contaminated soils by growing nectar-pollenbearing crops on them with the removal of their vegetative mass and subsequent utilization [Wieczorek et al, 2020;Singh et al, 2022].…”

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Assessment of Phytoremediation of <sup>137</sup>CS Contaminated Soils during the Cultivation of Nectar-Pollinating Plants

Razanov¹,

Kutsenko²,

Klymenko³

et al. 2023

J. Ecol. Eng.

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The man-made activity of mankind has led to the emergence of many global problems and caused the deterioration of the quality of the natural environment (air, water, soil). Of particular concern is the contamination of agricultural land with toxicants, in particular, radionuclides, which, entering the soil -plant -human body food chain, can reach toxic levels. Therefore, an important task is the removal of hazardous substances from the soil. Phytoremediation can be one of the effective methods for reducing its pollution. The article examines the effectiveness of phytoremediation of soils contaminated as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in certain territories of Polissia of Ukraine (Korosten district of Zhytomyr region). Nectar-pollinating plants were selected for the research, which was carried out for two years: great globe-thistle (Echinops sphaerocephalus), milk thistle (Silybum marianum), and white melilot (Melilotus albus). The results of the research showed that in the dry vegetative mass of milk thistle, great globe-thistle, and white melilot, the specific activity of 137 Cs over the two years of research was in the range from 30.8 Bq/kg to 238.5 Bq/kg, the accumulation coefficient -from 0.135 to 0.985, and the hazard coefficientfrom 0.055 to 0.395. The highest indicators of specific activity and accumulation coefficient of 137 Cs were observed in the vegetative mass of the white melilot, which amounted to 238.5 Bq/kg and 0.96, respectively, comparatively lower values -2.3 times and 2.3 times were found in the vegetative mass of milk thistle, 2.8 times and 7.1 times -in the vegetative mass of the great globe-thistle. At this level of accumulation of 137 Cs in the vegetative mass of nectarine plants from the soil, on average, over two years of research, 1130550 Bq of this radionuclide was removed from the soil per hectare of agricultural land with milk thistle, 621250 Bq with great globe-thistle, and 2851650 Bq with white melilot. The removal of 137 Cs with the vegetative mass of nectarine plants reduced the content of this radionuclide in the soil per 1 kg -from 3.4% to 8% on average over two years of research.

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Assessment of Phytoremediation of <sup>137</sup>CS Contaminated Soils during the Cultivation of Nectar-Pollinating Plants

Razanov¹,

Kutsenko²,

Klymenko³

et al. 2023

J. Ecol. Eng.

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“…Finally, they are easy insects to breed, having modest dietary needs and being almost ubiquitous [19]. Hence, honey bees (and their products) are reliable ecological detectors, and many studies have shown their feasibility as bioindicators of environmental pollution by pesticides [18][19][20], heavy metals [21][22][23][24], radionuclides [25,26], polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [17,27], and other pollutants, such as brominated flame retardants [28], vehicle-derived ultrafine particulate [29], and microplastics [30].…”

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The Honey Bee: An Active Biosampler of Environmental Pollution and a Possible Warning Biomarker for Human Health

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Member states of the European Union are required to ensure the initiation of monitoring programs to verify honey bee exposure to pesticides, where and as appropriate. Based on 620 samples of dead honey bees—42 of pollen, 183 of honey and 32 of vegetables—we highlighted the presence, as analyzed by liquid and gas chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometric detection, of many active substances, mainly tau-fluvalinate, piperonyl butoxide, chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl, permethrin and imidacloprid. Among the active substances found in analyzed matrices linked to honey bee killing incidents, 38 belong to hazard classes I and II, as methiocarb, methomyl, chlorpyrifos, cypermethrin and permethrin, thus representing a potential risk for human health. We have shown that, at different times between 2015 and 2020, during implementation of the Italian national guidelines for managing reports of bee colony mortality or depopulation associated with pesticide use, pesticide pollution events occurred that could raise concern for human health. Competent authorities could, as part of a One Health approach, exploit the information provided by existing reporting programs on honey bees and their products, in view of the close correlation to human health, animal health and ecosystem health.

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Minerals and Trace Elements

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2023

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Radioactivity of honey in central and southern Poland

Cited by 6 publications

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Assessment of Phytoremediation of <sup>137</sup>CS Contaminated Soils during the Cultivation of Nectar-Pollinating Plants

Assessment of Phytoremediation of <sup>137</sup>CS Contaminated Soils during the Cultivation of Nectar-Pollinating Plants

The Honey Bee: An Active Biosampler of Environmental Pollution and a Possible Warning Biomarker for Human Health

Minerals and Trace Elements

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