Comparative measurements of cesium-137 (Cs-137) in beef samples from various part of Lower Saxony
Description
In 1976, 210 beef samples from various parts of Lower Saxony were comparatively evaluated for their content of radio-active cesium 137 by the State Veterinary Health Laboratory in Hannover. For all Lower Saxony, the arithmetic average was found to be 70,7 pCi/kg beef. The median value (i.e. 50 per cent of samples are above this value and 50 per cent are below) was between 36 and 37 pCi/kg. In part, distinct regional variations with averages ranging from 27,5 to 110.9 pCi/kg beef were established. Animals slaughtered at sheltering period were compared with those slaughtered when at grass and the former found to have an average higher content of 8.7 pCi/kg meat. A comparison of three age groups (up to 2 years, 2-6 years, more than 6 years) showed the content of radio-active cerium to increase with age (67.7 / 70.9 / 75.6 pCi/kg meat) in spite of the low environmental contamination. (orig.)
Abstract (German)
Im Verlaufe des Jahres 1976 wurden 210 Rindfleischproben aus verschiedenen Regionen Niedersachsens im Staatlichen Veterinaeruntersuchungsamt Hannover auf den Gehalt an radioaktivem Caesium-137 vergleichend untersucht. Der arithmetische Mittelwert fuer ganz Niedersachsen ergab 70,7 pCi/kg Rindfleisch. Der Medianwert lag zwischen 36 und 37 pCi/kg. Es konnten teilweise recht deutliche regionale Belastungsunterschiede mit Mittelwerten zwischen 27,5 und 110,9 pCi/kg Rindfleisch festgestellt werden. Ein Vergleich der waehrend der Aufstallungsperiode geschlachteten Tiere mit solchen, die waehrend der Weidezeit zur Schlachtung kamen, ergab eine durchschnittliche Hoeherbelastung der ersteren um 8,7 pCi/kg Fleisch. Beim Vergleich dreier Altersgruppen (bis 2 Jahre, 2-6 Jahre, aelter als 6 Jahre) ergab sich trotz der geringen Umweltkontamination eine Hoeherbelastung mit zunehmendem Alter (67,7 / 70,9 / 75,6 pCi/kg Fleisch). (orig.)Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (German)
- Vergleichende Messungen von Caesium-137 (Cs-137) in Rindfleischproben aus verschiedenen Gebieten Niedersachsens
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Arch. Lebensmittelhyg.
- Journal Volume
- 32
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Series
- CODEN: ALMHA.;Arch. Lebensmittelhyg.
- Journal Page Range
- 153-156
- ISSN
- 0003-925X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 14754954
- Subject category
- S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- AGE DEPENDENCE; AGE GROUPS; ANIMAL FEEDS; CATTLE; CESIUM 137; CONTAMINATION; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; MEAT; QUANTITY RATIO; RADIATION MONITORING
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC ANIMALS; EUROPE; FOOD; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; MONITORING; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; RUMINANTS; VERTEBRATES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES