{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Wieczorek J"],"funding":["Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland"],"pagination":["61138-61146"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11534889"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["31(51)"],"pubmed_abstract":["This study investigates the radiation dose that humans receive from naturally occurring uranium-series radionuclides, with a focus on alpha-emitting polonium-210 (<sup>210</sup>Po), which has a half-life of 138.4 days. Polonium is efficiently absorbed by living organisms and is estimated to contribute approximately 7% of the total effective dose from ingested natural internal radiation. The primary source of atmospheric <sup>210</sup>Po is the decay of radon-222 (<sup>222</sup>Rn), which precipitates onto land and water surfaces, including crops. In Cannabis sativa, <sup>210</sup>Po accumulates primarily through direct deposition on leaf surfaces and from fertilizers, particularly phosphate fertilizers. This study examined 10 samples of dried hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) legally available in "],"journal":["Environmental science and pollution research international"],"pubmed_title":["Quantifying of highly radioactive and radiotoxic polonium-210 intake from cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.): impacts of different smoking and vaporization techniques."],"pmcid":["PMC11534889"],"funding_grant_id":["BMN 539-T030-B915-21","BMN 538-8630-B327-18/19","DS/ 531-T030-D745-23"],"pubmed_authors":["Wieczorek J","Borylo A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Quantifying of highly radioactive and radiotoxic polonium-210 intake from cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.): impacts of different smoking and vaporization techniques.","description":"This study investigates the radiation dose that humans receive from naturally occurring uranium-series radionuclides, with a focus on alpha-emitting polonium-210 (<sup>210</sup>Po), which has a half-life of 138.4 days. Polonium is efficiently absorbed by living organisms and is estimated to contribute approximately 7% of the total effective dose from ingested natural internal radiation. The primary source of atmospheric <sup>210</sup>Po is the decay of radon-222 (<sup>222</sup>Rn), which precipitates onto land and water surfaces, including crops. In Cannabis sativa, <sup>210</sup>Po accumulates primarily through direct deposition on leaf surfaces and from fertilizers, particularly phosphate fertilizers. This study examined 10 samples of dried hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) legally available in ","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Nov","modification":"2025-04-04T07:28:23.723Z","creation":"2025-04-04T07:28:23.723Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11534889","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39402360"],"doi":["10.1007/s11356-024-35263-w"]}}