Fat tissue is not a reservoir for radiocesium in wild boars
- authored by
- Georg Steinhauser, Christian Knecht, Wolfgang Sipos
- 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.
- Organisation(s)
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Centre for Radiation Protection and Radioecology
- External Organisation(s)
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University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
- Type
- Article
- Journal
- Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
- Volume
- 312
- Pages
- 705-709
- No. of pages
- 5
- ISSN
- 0236-5731
- Publication date
- 01.06.2017
- Publication status
- Published
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analytical Chemistry, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Pollution, Spectroscopy, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
- Electronic version(s)
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5257-3 (Access:
Open)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10967-017-5426-4 (Access: Open)
