Since the Chernobyl accident it has been recognised that agriculturally produced foods are
not the only important food types which contribute to the radiation dose received by man …

Naturally occurring radionuclides (NORs) are the major contributors to the total effective
dose of ionizing radiation of the population. Especially hazardous are the decay products of …

Late in the summer of 1986, the Health Physics Departments of Pordenone, Udine and
Trieste, entrusted with monitoring radioactivity in the environment and food as a …

Different mushrooms, mosses and corresponding soil samples have been collected mainly
from two sites in the alpine region of southwestern Bavaria. At the end of the growthseason …

The aim of this study was to determine the activity of post-Chernobyl 137Cs in Slovak
bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) from selected locations of Slovakia depending upon: the …

Samples of the edible mushroom Boletus edulis Bull. were studied to assess the risk for
human health related to their content of the artificial radionuclide 137Cs. Fresh B. edulis …

The radiocaesium activity concentration may still remain high in natural products such as
game meat, wild mushrooms, and forest berries even more than two decades after the …

The accident at the Chernobyl reactor on 26 April 1986 led to considerable amounts of
radioactive material being distributed over a large area of Europe. Small amounts of …

In this paper we present the results of a decennial (1986–1995) investigation on
radiocaesium concentrations in soil, honey, mushrooms and other underbrush produces …