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  • Title: Uptake of radiocesium by mushrooms.
    Author: Borio R, Chiocchini S, Cicioni R, Degli Esposti P, Rongoni A, Sabatini P, Scampoli P, Antonini A, Salvadori P.
    Journal: Sci Total Environ; 1991 Jul 15; 106(3):183-90. PubMed ID: 1925527.
    Abstract:
    After the Chernobyl accident in April 1986 the 134Cs, 137Cs and 40K activity of mushrooms of different genera and their corresponding soils from woods located in the province of Umbria (Italy) was determined. The results indicated: a temporally increasing trend for 137Cs up to a "limit value" depending on local fallout in 1986; different cesium concentrations in various mushroom genera; and uptake of potassium from soil that did not appear to compete with cesium uptake. No reliable correlation can be inferred between the cesium content of the soil and those of mushrooms.
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