Ground Pollution & Pollutants, Physiology - Plants & Animals, Toxicology, Food Sciences - General & Miscellaneous, Agriculture - General & Miscellaneous, Nuclear Engineering

Radioactive Fallout in Soils, Crops and Food

Name: Radioactive Fallout in Soils, Crops and Food
Author: F.P.W. Winteringham
ISBN: 9789251028773

by F.P.W. Winteringham

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Synopsis

Behaviour and significance of radioactive substances released into agricultural, forestry and fisheries; Radioation in the environment; Radioecology, behaviour, significance, models; Chernobyl and other accidents; Some international situation in Europe after Chernobyl; Some international implications; Soil and crop contamination by rarioactive fallout; Agricultural and forestry soils as a vital global resource; Soil in the nutrient cycle; Sources and nature of radioactive contamination; Biological significance of contaminated soils; Behaviour in soils and movement into foodwebs; Detection and measurement; Countermeasures, reclamation and use of contaminated soils; Concluding comments; some questions and needs.