Some thoughts concerning the radioactive contamination of foodstuffs 10 years after the Chernobyl disaster

Although the Chernobyl disaster happened 10 years ago (26 Apr. 1986), investigation of the radioactive contamination of the environmental is still in the focus of interest. However it can be established that the pollution level in Hungary- like other, from the place of accident rather far located countries - decreased significantly in the food chain in comparison with measured data in May-June, 1986. Practically the present contamination level (e.q.137Cs, 90Sr) since 1989 is the same as it was in the years before the disaster. Since the level of artificial contamination is much less than the natural radioactivity (e.q. 40K, 226Ra) of the foodstuffs, the radiation burden caused by the consumed foodstuffs is negligible. (author)