[The Chernobyl incident: emergency management in Italy and other European countries].
Several measures were adopted by European countries in the aftermath of the Chernobyl accident. In this paper these measures are reviewed and the European Communities initiatives for food marketing and exports are analyzed, together with the reference levels for radioactive concentration in the main food matrices chosen in different European countries in the very few days after the accident. A particular attention has been devoted to the emergency management in Italy, outlining exhaustively the laws enforced at the time of the accident and explaining how the reference levels for food contamination were chosen. Finally, a tentative balance about emergency management in Italy is struck and some questions are raised about the commitments undertaken or to be undertaken by international institutions.
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Laboratorio di Fisica, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma.
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D000818:Animals; D003132:Commerce; D003611:Dairy Products / Q000032:analysis; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004190:Disasters; D005060:Europe; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis; D011210:Power Plants; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011847:Radioactive Fallout / Q000032:analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D014455:Ukraine; D014675:Vegetables / Q000737:chemistry
D011847:Radioactive Fallout
Incidente di Chernobyl: gestione dell'emergenza in Italia e in altri paesi europei.