Natural and Anthropogenic Radioactivity Content and Radiation Hazard Assessment of Baby Food Consumption in Italy

Applied Sciences

Giovanna Belmusto¹  Giuseppe Paladini²  Vincenza Crupi²  Valentina Venuti²  Sebastiano Ettore Spoto²  Francesco Caridi²  Domenico Majolino² 

[1] Dipartimento di Reggio Calabria, Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente della Calabria (ARPACal), Via Troncovito SNC, 89135 Reggio Calabria, Italy;Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno D’Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy;

关键词: baby food;    radioactivity;    gamma spectrometry;    activity concentration;    radiological hazard;   

DOI  :  10.3390/app12105244

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The natural (⁴⁰K) and anthropogenic (¹³⁷Cs) radioactivity concentration in four different typologies of early childhood (up to two years old) foods, i.e., homogenized fruit, homogenized meat, childhood biscuits and baby pasta, produced in Italy and sold in Italian large retailers, was investigated through High Purity Germanium (HPGe) gamma spectrometry. The present study is carried out with the aim to: (i) evaluate the background levels of the investigated radionuclides in the analyzed early childhood foods, (ii) identify whether the twenty analyzed samples were appropriate for infant consumption and (iii) contribute to construct a database on the radioactivity of early childhood foods sold in Italy.

【 授权许可】

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