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1785051

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
Soil ingestion has been identified as a potentially important source of radionuclides to grazing animals. Seasonal patterns of soil adherence to vegetation and its implications for the radionuclide intake of grazing animals were measured at two west Cumbrian sites. Soil adhesion to vegetation was highly seasonal, being highest in autumn and winter. At Site 1 (a lowland pasture close to the British Nuclear Fuels plc Sellafield Reprocessing Plant, Cumbria, UK), vegetation samples were found to consist of up to 46% soil (by dry weight). Therefore, the importance of soil as a potential source of radionuclides to grazing animals was also seasonal; soil comprised up to 92% of the 137Cs and potentially all of the 239/240Pu of vegetation samples at Site 1 and up to 62% of the 137Cs at Site 2 (an upland farm contaminated following the Chernobyl accident). Analyses of sheep faecal samples confirmed the seasonal importance of soil as a potential source of radionuclides. The importance of soil adhering to vegetation, as a source of contaminant 137Cs, increased with time after the Chernobyl accident. Calculations of soil ingestion must be made when the intake of radionuclides by grazing animals is being studied. In some circumstances, present radioecological models may considerably underestimate the importance of soil ingestion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0048-9697
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
107
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
237-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
The importance of soil adhered to vegetation as a source of radionuclides ingested by grazing animals.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Merlewood Research Station, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't