Radiocaesium contamination of mushrooms at high- and low-level Chernobyl exposure sites and its consequences for public health

Harkut, Ondřej; Alexa, Petr; Uhlář, Radim

dc.contributor.author	Harkut, Ondřej
dc.contributor.author	Alexa, Petr
dc.contributor.author	Uhlář, Radim
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-19T08:33:53Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-19T08:33:53Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	Life. 2021, vol. 11, issue 12, art. no. 1370.	cs
dc.identifier.issn	2075-1729
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10084/146051
dc.description.abstract	We compare the specific activities of Cs-137 and K-40 in stipes and caps of three different common mushroom species (Xerocomus badius, Russula ochroleuca and Armillariella mellea) measured at the Czech Chernobyl hot spot in the Opava area (Silesia) and at a low-exposed site at the Beskydy mountains in 2011. The highest values of Cs-137 were found in caps of Xerocomus badius and Russula ochroleuca in the Opava area (11.8 and 8.77 kBq/kg, respectively). The source of Cs-137 was verified by the measurement of the Cs-134/Cs-137 ratio. Based on our results, we estimate an effective dose per year due to radiocaesium intake in the two investigated areas for Xerocomus badius, one of the most popular edible mushrooms in the Czech Republic. In 2011, the effective dose reached the maximum value of 0.102 mSv in the Opava area and 0.004 mSv at the low-exposed site at the Beskydy mountains. Therefore, it does not represent a significant risk for public health.	cs
dc.language.iso	en	cs
dc.publisher	MDPI	cs
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Life	cs
dc.relation.uri	https://doi.org/10.3390/life11121370	cs
dc.rights	© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.	cs
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	cs
dc.subject	radiocaesium	cs
dc.subject	mushrooms	cs
dc.subject	Chernobyl accident	cs
dc.title	Radiocaesium contamination of mushrooms at high- and low-level Chernobyl exposure sites and its consequences for public health	cs
dc.type	article	cs
dc.identifier.doi	10.3390/life11121370
dc.rights.access	openAccess	cs
dc.type.version	publishedVersion	cs
dc.type.status	Peer-reviewed	cs
dc.description.source	Web of Science	cs
dc.description.volume	11	cs
dc.description.issue	12	cs
dc.description.firstpage	art. no. 1370	cs
dc.identifier.wos	000739000500001

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