Radioactivity measurements on migrating birds (Turdus philomelos) captured in the Comunidad Valenciana (Spain).
The radionuclides 137Cs, 134Cs and 90Sr have been measured in edible tissues and bones of migratory birds (song-thrushes, Turdus philomelos) from central and northern Europe and captured in the Comunidad Valenciana, Spain in the 1994 autumn-winter season. Eight years after the Chernobyl accident, extensive agricultural lands in Europe are still contaminated and this study shows that there was a transfer of radioactive isotopes to the captured migratory song-thrushes. The whole-body dose commitment to humans consuming these birds is estimated.
Navarro
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Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universitat de València, Burjassot, Spain.
Roldán
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Cervera
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Ferrero
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D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D011210:Power Plants; D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D013030:Spain; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D014455:Ukraine
D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes