Methodology assessment of the total beta activity in tobacco and tobacco products and certain results
Creators
- 1. Tobacco and Tobacco Products Institute, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
- 2. Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
Description
The presence of alpha and beta radionuclides in tobacco and tobacco products is a frequently discussed issue. However, any information in publications about them and their presence in tobacco products is too scarce. World Health care Organization monitors the influence of tobacco smoking on human health. In 2003, a Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was accepted with the aim to protect human health, which was signed by 179 countries, including Bulgaria. The first debates on the presence of radionuclides in tobacco products are raised in Moscow in 2014. These were instigated by data on the findings of polonium-210, reported by USA and Russia. The aim of the report is to outline a methodology to detect the presence of beta-active radionuclides in tobacco and its products. Keywords: beta activity, geiger counter, samples with infinite thickness, tobacco samples
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- BgNS Transactions
- Journal Volume
- 21
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 44-47
- ISSN
- 1310-8727
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Bulgaria
- Country of Input or Organization
- Bulgaria
- INIS RN
- 47112108
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- BULGARIA; POLONIUM; POLONIUM 210; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; TOBACCO SMOKES
- Descriptors DEC
- AEROSOLS; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COLLOIDS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISPERSIONS; EASTERN EUROPE; ELEMENTS; EUROPE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; METALS; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; POLONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; RESIDUES; SMOKES; SOLS
Optional Information
- Notes
- 3 figs.; 1 tab.; 4 refs.