super(137)Cs Concentration in Meat of Wild Boars (Sus scrofa) in Croatia a Decade and Half After the Chernobyl Accident

Cesium 137 activities were determined in meat of wild bears collected during 2000-2002 from several sites in Croatia with different levels of radiocontamination stemming from the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl, Ukraine. The super(137)Cs levels were in the 0.4-611.5 Bq/kg range. In areas wi...

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Published inJournal of environmental radioactivity Vol. 81; no. 1; p. 55
Main Authors Vilic, M, Barisic, D, Kraljevic, P, Lulic, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2005
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Sus scrofa
Ukraine, Chernobyl
Croatia
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Summary:Cesium 137 activities were determined in meat of wild bears collected during 2000-2002 from several sites in Croatia with different levels of radiocontamination stemming from the April 1986 nuclear accident at Chernobyl, Ukraine. The super(137)Cs levels were in the 0.4-611.5 Bq/kg range. In areas with approximately equal contamination levels, super(137)Cs concentrations in meat varied over two orders of magnitude. Elevated radionuclide levels in wild boar meat are attributed to food consumption patterns by the animals; intensive mushroom ingestion during fall could be a factor responsible for high super(137)Cs values in meat. The average dose resulting from super(137)Cs due to human ingestion of wild boar meat in Croatia is below levels of radiological health concerns.
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ISSN:0265-931X
DOI:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.12.001