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[en] The "9"0Sr activity concentrations released from a radioactive fallout have been determined in a range of samples of mushrooms collected in Poland, Belarus, China, and Sweden in 1996–2013. Measurement of "9"0Sr in pooled samples of mushrooms was carried out with radiochemical procedure aimed to pre-isolate the analyte from the fungal materials before it was determined using the Low-Level Beta Counter. Interestingly, the Purple Bolete Imperator rhodopurpureus collected from Yunnan in south-western China in 2012 showed "9"0Sr activity concentration at around 10 Bq kg"−"1 dry biomass, which was greater when compared to other mushrooms in this study. The King Bolete Boletus edulis from China showed the "9"0Sr activity in caps at around 1.5 Bq kg"−"1 dry biomass (whole fruiting bodies) in 2012 and for specimens from Poland activity was well lower than 1.0 Bq kg"−"1 dry biomass in 1998–2010. A sample of Sarcodonimbricatus collected in 1998 from the north-eastern region of Poland impacted by Chernobyl fallout showed "9"0Sr in caps at around 5 Bq kg"−"1 dry biomass. Concentration of "9"0Sr in Bay Bolete Royoporus (Xerocomus or Boletus) badius from affected region of Gomel in Belarus was in 2010 at 2.1 Bq kg"−"1 dry biomass. In several other species from Poland "9"0Sr was at < 0.5 to around 1.0 Bq kg"−"1 dry biomass. Activity concentrations of "9"0Sr in popular B. edulis and some other mushrooms collected from wild in Poland were very low (< 1 Bq kg"−"1 dry biomass), and values noted showed on persistence of this type of radioactivity in mushrooms over time passing from nuclear weapons tests and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant catastrophe. - Highlights: • Mushrooms are an important food in some regions of the world. • Radioactive strontium ("9"0Sr) in mushrooms from Europe and China was measured. • Purple Bolete Imperator rhodopurpureus from Yunnan in China accumulates "9"0Sr. • "9"0Sr was at 11 ± 0 to 12 ± 0 Bq kg"−"1 dry biomass in caps of I. rhodopurpureus. • Consumption of mushrooms poses no health risk for either region.
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S0048-9697(15)31024-X; Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.042; Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES, ALKALINE EARTH METALS, ASIA, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, CHEMISTRY, COASTAL WATERS, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS, EASTERN EUROPE, ELEMENTS, ENERGY SOURCES, EUROPE, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, EXPLOSIONS, FOOD, FUNGI, HAZARDS, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, ISOTOPES, METALS, NUCLEAR FACILITIES, NUCLEI, PLANTS, POWER, POWER PLANTS, RADIOISOTOPES, RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES, SCANDINAVIA, STRONTIUM ISOTOPES, SURFACE WATERS, THERMAL POWER PLANTS, WESTERN EUROPE, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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