Traces of DU in samples of environmental bio-monitors (non-flowering plants, fungi) and soil from target sites of the Western Balkan region

Žunić, Zora S.; Mietelski, Jerzy W.; Błażej, Sylwia; Gaca, P.; Tomankiewicz, E.; Ujić, P.; Čeliković, I.; Cuknic, Olivera; Demajo, Miroslav

doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.04.005

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“…In the case of thorium, the highest activity concentrations of 228 Th and 232 Th have been noticed in Brazil, with the lowest in Poland [73,76,78,[83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91]. In the case of uranium, the highest activity concentrations of the alpha emitters 234 U, 235 U and 238 U have been reported in mushrooms from Germany, Turkey, Finland, and Slovakia [60,61,86,88,90], with the lowest being in Poland, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as China (Yunnan) and New Zealand [58,62,70,71,78,83,84,89,[91][92][93][94][95]. If the uranium activity is compared to its daughter nuclide, 226 Ra, the maximum radium activity concentration is always higher than the activity of the parent ( 238 U).…”

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A Review of the Occurrence of Alpha-Emitting Radionuclides in Wild Mushrooms

Strumińska-Parulska

Falandysz

2020

IJERPH

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Alpha-emitting radioisotopes are the most toxic among all radionuclides. In particular, medium to long-lived isotopes of the heavier metals are of the greatest concern to human health and radiological safety. This review focuses on the most common alpha-emitting radionuclides of natural and anthropogenic origin in wild mushrooms from around the world. Mushrooms bio-accumulate a range of mineral ionic constituents and radioactive elements to different extents, and are therefore considered as suitable bio-indicators of environmental pollution. The available literature indicates that the natural radionuclide 210Po is accumulated at the highest levels (up to 22 kBq/kg dry weight (dw) in wild mushrooms from Finland), while among synthetic nuclides, the highest levels of up to 53.8 Bq/kg dw of 239+240Pu were reported in Ukrainian mushrooms. The capacity to retain the activity of individual nuclides varies between mushrooms, which is of particular interest for edible species that are consumed either locally or, in some cases, also traded on an international scale. The effective radiation dose from the ingestion of this food can reportedly range from 0.033 µSv/kg dw to 26.8 mSv/kg and varies depending on the country. Following pollution events, such consumption may expose consumers to highly radiotoxic decay particles produced by alpha emitters.

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A Review of the Occurrence of Alpha-Emitting Radionuclides in Wild Mushrooms

Strumińska-Parulska

Falandysz

2020

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“…U regionu zapadnog Balkana, sa visokim aktivnostima 238 U, od 1130-5390 Bk kg -1 , potvrđen je visok nivo aktivnosti u mahovini, lišajevima i gljivama [70]. Lišaji, mahovine i gljive su jeftini i lako dostupni bioindikatori nivoa kontaminacije medijuma sa OU [71].…”

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Ecological and corrosion behavior of depleted uranium

Stojanovic

Lacnjevac

Mihajlovic

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Environmental pollution with radionuclides, particularly uranium and its decay products is a serious global problem. The current scientific studies estimated that the contamination originating from TENORM, caused by nuclear and non-nuclear technologies, has significantly increased natural level of radioactivity in the last thirty years. During the last decades all the more were talking about the "new pollutant" - depleted uranium (DU), which has been used in anti-tank penetrators because of its high density, penetration and pyrophoric properties. It is estimated that during the Gulf War, the war in Bosnia and Yugoslavia and during the invasion of Iraq, 1.4 million missiles with depleted uranium was fired. During the NATO aggression against the ex Yugoslavia in 1999., 112 locations in Kosovo and Metohija, 12 locations in southern Serbia and two locations in Montenegro were bombed. On this occasion, approximately 10 tons of depleted uranium were entered into the environment, mainly on land, where the degree of contamination ranged from 200 Bq / kg to 235 000 Bq/kg, which is up to 1000 times higher than the natural level. Fourteen years ago there was very little information about the behavior of ecological systems damaged by DU penetrators fired. Today, unfortunately, we are increasingly faced with the ?invisible threat" of depleted uranium, which has a strong radioactive and hemotoxic impact on human health. Present paper provides a detailed overview of the current understanding of corrosion and corrosion behavior of DU and environmental factors that control corrosion, together with indicators of environmental impact in order to highlight areas that need further attention in developing remediation programs.

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Lichens and Particulate Matter: Inter-relations and Biomonitoring with Lichens

Garty

Garty-Spitz

2014

Recent Advances in Lichenology

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Traces of DU in samples of environmental bio-monitors (non-flowering plants, fungi) and soil from target sites of the Western Balkan region

Cited by 13 publications

References 12 publications

A Review of the Occurrence of Alpha-Emitting Radionuclides in Wild Mushrooms

A Review of the Occurrence of Alpha-Emitting Radionuclides in Wild Mushrooms

Ecological and corrosion behavior of depleted uranium

Lichens and Particulate Matter: Inter-relations and Biomonitoring with Lichens

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