210Po bioaccumulation by mushrooms from Poland

J Environ Monit. 2003 Oct;5(5):791-4. doi: 10.1039/b304881k.

Abstract

The paper presents results on 210Po activity concentration measured in mushroom samples collected in northern Poland (Białogard and Elblag areas). Among 20 species of wild mushrooms, King Bolete (Boletus edulis), accumulated 210Po in the highest degree. Therefore this species of higher mushrooms is an excellent bioindicator for 210Po radioactivity in the land environment. Finally, the effective dose of polonium emission was calculated for a consumer of King Bolete. Wild mushroom consumption contributed up to 37 microSv to the effective dose in an individual consuming about 5 kg (fresh weight) of heavily contaminated Boletus edulis species per year.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Agaricales / chemistry*
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Food Contamination*
  • Humans
  • Poland
  • Polonium / analysis
  • Polonium / pharmacokinetics*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / analysis
  • Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / pharmacokinetics*
  • Tissue Distribution

Substances

  • Soil Pollutants, Radioactive
  • Polonium