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8244704

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-1-3
pubmed:abstractText
This paper describes a method for monitoring 90Sr contamination in terms of 131I contamination in food imported from a country with a recent nuclear power plant accident. For imported food, the guideline levels set by the Codex Alimentarius Commission will be applied, which requires that the contamination in food by beta emitters (typically strontium) be monitored. However, the measurement of strontium contamination cannot be made within a reasonably short time as it requires rather time-consuming chemical extraction and sample preparation procedures in advance. We propose here to use the contamination level of 131I in these foodstuffs as indicators of 90Sr contamination levels. Possible accident scenarios are employed to estimate the abundance ratio of 131I and 90Sr deposited on soil and intercepted by plants. Using a dynamic food chain model, we can calculate their relative activities in the food products which, when combined with the 131I levels present, give the theoretical 90Sr levels present.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0017-9078
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
318-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Monitoring 90Sr contamination in terms of 131I contamination in imported food.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Applied Science, City Polytechnic of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't