Sources of radioactive contamination in the atmosphere of Pitesti city

At present, the radioactive contamination at global level tends to reach the critical limits, menacing both the vegetal and animal life and also the life of the human being, not so much by the amount of radioactivity, but especially by its slow accumulation. Over 40-50 years this accumulation, triggers different biological phenomena that cause much trouble to health. In the atmosphere of Pitesti city and in its surroundings (northern and north-eastern areas), in Merisani and Mioveni, there have been identified radioactive particles as resulting from many chemical experiences performed. These particles are maintained in the atmosphere for 10 to 30 days or they are washed away by the rains, reaching the soil in this way and from here they are accumulated in vegetal organisms, in animals and then in human beings. (authors)