(137)Cs in the meat of wild boars: a comparison of the impacts of Chernobyl and Fukushima

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• Personal Author:
  Saey PRJ ; Steinhouser G
• Description:
  The impact of Chernobyl on the 137Cs activities found in wild boars in Europe, even in remote locations from the NPP, has been much greater than the impact of Fukushima on boars in Japan. Although there is great variability within the 137Cs concentrations throughout the wild boar populations, some boars in southern Germany in recent years exhibit higher activity concentrations (up to 10,000 Bq/kg and higher) than the highest 137Cs levels found in boars in the governmental food monitoring campaign (7900 Bq/kg) in Fukushima prefecture in Japan. The levels of radiocesium in boar appear to be more persistent than would be indicated by the constantly decreasing 137Cs inventory observed in the soil which points to a food source that is highly retentive to 137Cs contamination or to other radioecological anomalies that are not yet fully understood. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  137Cs Author Keywords: Fukushima Chernobyl Contaminated Food Ecological Half-life Environmental Contamination Environmental Exposure Food Contaminants Food Safety Foodstuff Health Effects Nuclear Hazards Radionuclides Sus Scrofa

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• ISSN:
  0236-5731
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  307
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049005
• Citation:
  J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2016 Mar; 307(3):1801-1806
• Contact Point Address:
  Georg Steinhauser, Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, 1618 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523
• Email:
  georg.steinhauser@colostate.edu
• CAS Registry Number:
  Cesium-137 (CAS RN 10045-97-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  University of Colorado Denver
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20070701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e34571770c559022f34df1cd20da3976bacd782244eb6e772a2cdf9a964f87fcc7ca5fc8584ecb2ce2227275dc28356ce2ca064fe86b6e3e15c192b251ba5da2
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