Issue |
Radioprotection
Volume 50, Number 2, Avril-Juin 2015
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Page(s) | 123 - 128 | |
Section | Articles | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2014039 | |
Published online | 19 March 2015 |
Article
210Pb and 210Po activities in French foodstuffs
IRSN, BP3, 13108
Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance,
France.
Received:
15
July
2014
Accepted:
24
November
2014
The data on 210Pb and 210Po activities in French foodstuffs acquired during the last 15 years are numerous enough to derive reference values which will be usable to assess the dose to the French population due to the intake of these two natural radionuclides. The means and ranges are close to those observed in various countries and are most often higher than the reference values proposed by UNSCEAR. Mussels and oysters exhibit the highest 210Po activities of all kinds of foodstuffs, with a mean value of 27 Bq.kg-1 fresh weight , followed by crustaceans and small fish species (anchovies, mullets, sardines, etc.) with 210Po activities in the order of 3 to 10 Bq.k-1 fresh weight; cephalopods and other fish species presenting activities around 1 to 3 Bq.kg-1 fresh, close to the UNSCEAR reference value. Below these highest 210Po activities are those of 210Po and 210Pb in terrestrial kinds of foodstuffs, by decreasing order: meats (around 1 Bq.kg-1 fresh), cereals (0.4 Bq.kg-1), leafy vegetables (0.3 Bq.kg-1), other vegetables and fruits (0.1 Bq.kg-1), and milk (from 0.03 to 0.1 Bq.L-1).
Key words: polonium-210 / lead-210 / foodstuffs
© EDP Sciences, 2015
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