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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 705-709 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry |
| Volume | 312 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 25 Apr 2017 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2017 |
Abstract
Meat of wild boars is not only known for high 137Cs activity concentrations but also for the remarkable constancy of these levels. Even decades after the Chernobyl accident, the 137Cs levels in wild boar meat in Central Europe have not declined but even partly increased. In the present study, we investigated an unusual hypothesis for this very unusual phenomenon: may the boars’ fat tissue act as a reservoir for radiocesium? We investigated fat and muscle tissues of four wild boars in Western Germany and found that the 137Cs concentrations in fat were in the range of 10–30% of the respective activities in muscle tissue. Hence, the hypothesis was refuted.
Keywords
- Cs, Central nervous system, Fat tissue, Hypothesis, Muscle tissue, Wild boar (Sus scrofa)
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Analytical Chemistry
- Energy(all)
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering
- Medicine(all)
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Environmental Science(all)
- Pollution
- Chemistry(all)
- Spectroscopy
- Medicine(all)
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Environmental Science(all)
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
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In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 312, No. 3, 01.06.2017, p. 705-709.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Fat tissue is not a reservoir for radiocesium in wild boars
AU - Steinhauser, Georg
AU - Knecht, Christian
AU - Sipos, Wolfgang
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2017, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary. Copyright: Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - Meat of wild boars is not only known for high 137Cs activity concentrations but also for the remarkable constancy of these levels. Even decades after the Chernobyl accident, the 137Cs levels in wild boar meat in Central Europe have not declined but even partly increased. In the present study, we investigated an unusual hypothesis for this very unusual phenomenon: may the boars’ fat tissue act as a reservoir for radiocesium? We investigated fat and muscle tissues of four wild boars in Western Germany and found that the 137Cs concentrations in fat were in the range of 10–30% of the respective activities in muscle tissue. Hence, the hypothesis was refuted.
AB - Meat of wild boars is not only known for high 137Cs activity concentrations but also for the remarkable constancy of these levels. Even decades after the Chernobyl accident, the 137Cs levels in wild boar meat in Central Europe have not declined but even partly increased. In the present study, we investigated an unusual hypothesis for this very unusual phenomenon: may the boars’ fat tissue act as a reservoir for radiocesium? We investigated fat and muscle tissues of four wild boars in Western Germany and found that the 137Cs concentrations in fat were in the range of 10–30% of the respective activities in muscle tissue. Hence, the hypothesis was refuted.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10967-017-5257-3
DO - 10.1007/s10967-017-5257-3
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