Radioactivity of Honeys from Poland After the Fukushima Accident

Borawska, Maria H.; Kapała, Jacek; Puścion-Jakubik, Anna; Horembała, Justyna; Markiewicz‐Żukowska, Renata

doi:10.1007/s00128-013-1089-1

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“…The advantages of this method, in relation to honey analysis, include the following: no need to pre-treat samples, precision and accuracy of determination. In addition, honeys can act as a bioindicator of environmental pollution in regard to radioactive elements [ 58 , 59 ].…”

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Modern Methods for Assessing the Quality of Bee Honey and Botanical Origin Identification

Puścion-Jakubik

Borawska

Socha

2020

Foods

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This paper is a summary of the latest literature on methods for assessing quality of natural bee honey. The publication briefly characterizes methods recommended by the International Honey Commission, published in 2009, as well as newer methods published in the last 10 years. Modern methods of assessing honey quality focus mainly on analyzing markers of individual varieties and classifying them into varieties, using, among others, near infrared spectroscopy techniques (NIR), potentiometric tongue, electronic nose, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), zymography, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), DNA metabarcoding, and chemometric techniques including partial least squares (PLS), principal component analysis (PCA) and artificial neural networks (ANN). At the same time, effective techniques for analyzing adulteration, sugar, and water content, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), polyphenol content, and diastase activity are being sought. Modern techniques enable the results of honey quality testing to be obtained in a shorter time, using the principles of green chemistry, allowing, at the same time, for high precision and accuracy of determinations. These methods are constantly modified, so that the honey that is on sale is a product of high quality. Prospects for devising methods of honey quality assessment include the development of a fast and accurate alternative to the melissopalynological method as well as quick tests to detect adulteration.

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Modern Methods for Assessing the Quality of Bee Honey and Botanical Origin Identification

Puścion-Jakubik

Borawska

Socha

2020

Foods

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“…Soil composition and botanical origin also influence the radionuclide concentration in honey. Nevertheless, most of the studies carried out in the last 25 years have chosen honey as the matrix to analyze, probably because honey samples are the easiest to collect and the analytical technique is extremely sensitive and selective (Assman Assman-Werthmüller et al 1991; Barišić et al 2002;Panatto et al 2007;Borowska et al 2013;Meli et al 2016). In fact, it is very easy to check for the presence of radionuclides in any kind of matrix without the need for any sample pretreatment.…”

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Bioindicators and biomonitoring: honeybees and hive products as pollution impact assessment tools for the Mediterranean area

Girotti

Ghini

Ferri

et al. 2020

Euro-Mediterr J Environ Integr

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The global range of the environmental quality issues we all face necessitates integrated action from all of the countries that suffer from a particular environmental issue. We must be able to obtain data on the presence of pollutants and their effects on biota from any territory, regardless of its environmental, infrastructural, social, and economic conditions. Biomonitoring utilizes organisms and natural materials to obtain this information. In particular, the honeybee is a ubiquitous, easy-to-breed organism with great mobility. Its body, which is covered with hairs, picks up materials and particulates that it encounters in the environment. Therefore, bees are highly effective accumulators of materials from the soil, vegetation, air, and water. These characteristics mean that the honeybee is both a bioindicator and a passive bioaccumulator organism, making it an ideal agent for easily monitoring vast areas inexpensively, even in regions where infrastructure is scarce. In this short review, we summarize the main targets of the honeybee-based monitoring campaigns that have been carried out to date, highlighting the results obtained in assessments of organic and inorganic pollution performed by coupling more modern technologies with this long-standing practice. It is hoped that this review will make scientists more aware of the incredible potential of these delicate organisms to provide data that could prove useful in the management of environmental issues.

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“…The current ecological situation in some territories of Ukraine and in the whole world is characterized as unsatisfactory due to the high man-made load on the environment (Razanov et al, 2022). It especially concerns the areas with intensive use of industrial production, where the accidents due to various production violations cause a high level of environmental pollution with various toxic substances, including radionuclides and heavy metals (Bonazzola et al, 1997;Borawska et al, 2013;Ji-gen, Lu et al, 2006;Kryvyi et al, 2021). Territories have experienced a high man-made impact on the environment as a result of accidents at nuclear power plants, both in Ukraine and throughout the world.…”

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Radioprotective and Sorption Properties of Beespine

Razanov¹,

Koruniak²,

Dydiv³

et al. 2023

Int. j. ecosyst. ecol. sci.

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The research aimed to study the radioprotective and sorption properties of beespine, which refers to the bodies of bees that die during the winter season. The goal was to expand the range of applications for beespine by exploring its potential as a source of radioprotective and sorption properties. The study found that beespine contains biologically active substances, including melitin, melanin, and sulfur-containing amino acids. These substances exhibited radioprotective and sorption properties, which could potentially be beneficial when ingested by quails as part of their feed mixture. Overall, the research suggests that beespine has the potential to be used in various applications beyond its current use as a waste product from beekeeping. Its radioprotective and sorption properties could have practical uses in areas such as animal feed and potentially even in human medicine. In particular, it was observed an increase in the lifespan of quails from 1.5 to 2.2 times with a content of 2 to 7.5% of beespine in the form of a powdered biological mass in the feed mixture after their fractional local irradiation of gamma rays with a total dose of 90 gr, compared to the poultry, in the diet of which there was no beespine. It was also determined that the removal from the bodies of quails with indigestible feed remains (droppings) of 137 Cs by 6.6 p.p., 90 Sr by 18.7 p.p., Pb by 15.3 p.p. and Cd by 34.6 p.p., respectively, was observed to be higher when adding the beespine (3%) in their diet. It was found a lower level of 137 Cs by 32.7%, Pb by 53.2% and Cd by 20.0% in their muscle tissue, compared to their analogues that were not fed beespine.

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Radioactivity of Honeys from Poland After the Fukushima Accident

Cited by 15 publications

References 13 publications

Modern Methods for Assessing the Quality of Bee Honey and Botanical Origin Identification

Modern Methods for Assessing the Quality of Bee Honey and Botanical Origin Identification

Bioindicators and biomonitoring: honeybees and hive products as pollution impact assessment tools for the Mediterranean area

Radioprotective and Sorption Properties of Beespine

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