Radiocesium concentrations in mushrooms collected in Kawauchi Village five to eight years after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 9; p. e0239296
• Main Authors: Cui, Limeng, Orita, Makiko, Taira, Yasuyuki, Takamura, Noboru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 15.09.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agaricales - chemistry; Agaricales - radiation effects; Age; Biology and Life Sciences; Cesium; Cesium 134; Cesium 137; Cesium isotopes; Cesium radioisotopes; Cesium Radioisotopes - isolation & purification; Cesium Radioisotopes - toxicity; Contamination; Distribution; Dosage; Drug dosages; Environmental aspects; Food Contamination, Radioactive - statistics & numerical data; Fukushima Nuclear Accident; Germanium; Health aspects; Humans; Ingestion; Iodine; Iodine 131; Iodine isotopes; Iodine radioisotopes; Japan; Man made disasters; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mushrooms; Nuclear accidents; Nuclear accidents & safety; Nuclear energy; Nuclear Power Plants; Physical Sciences; Preventive medicine; Radiation; Radiation effects; Radiation Monitoring; Radioisotopes; University graduates; Japan; Beijing China; United States > US; China

Following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011, radionuclides such as iodine-131, cesium-134 and cesium-137 were released into environment. In this study, we collected wild mushrooms from the Kawauchi Village of Fukushima Prefecture, located less than 30 km southwest of t...