Quantitative modeling of radioactive cesium concentrations in large omnivorous mammals after the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident.

ABSTRACT: Large quantities of radionuclides released by the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident entered terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The resulting radioactive contamination of large omnivorous wild mammals such as wild boar (Sus scrofa) and Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) varied greatly depending on location, season, and time after the accident. Quantitative modeling of how such factors influence radionuclide burdens in these species is important for enhancing current knowledge of chronic radionuclide exposure consequences in mammalian populations, and for assessing potential human risks from consumption of contaminated animal meat. Here we modeled the time course of radioactive cesium (¹³⁴Cs + ¹³⁷Cs) concentrations in boar and black bears from Fukushima Prefecture

SUBMITTER: Shuryak I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8113437 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature