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Elevated plutonium and americium content in skulls of small mammals

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It has been found that in skull bones of small mammals have significantly higher Pu and Am concentrations than ever found in bones of any other species in areas contaminated by global fallout. Since there was no difference between skulls of rodents and insectivorous, an explanation is proposed that the contamination takes place by the inhalation of Pu and Am tiny soil particles.

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  1. Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics, Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342, Kraków, Poland

    J. W. Mietelski & E. Tomankiewicz

  2. Department of Nature Conservation, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033, Lublin, Poland

    L. Kitowski

  3. Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory, Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342, Kraków, Poland

    P. Gaca

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Mietelski, J.W., Kitowski, L., Gaca, P. et al. Elevated plutonium and americium content in skulls of small mammals. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 256, 593–594 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024584707374

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