All-clear for gourmets: truffles not radioactive
| Autor: | Ulf Büntgen, Ulrich Stobbe, Willy Tegel, J. Eikenberg, Ludger Sproll, Simon Egli, M. Jäggi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Truffle 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences biology lcsh:QE1-996.5 lcsh:Life biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences lcsh:Geology 03 medical and health sciences lcsh:QH501-531 030104 developmental biology Agronomy Tuber aestivum lcsh:QH540-549.5 Botany Forest ecology lcsh:Ecology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes |
| Zdroj: | Biogeosciences, Vol 13, Iss 4, Pp 1145-1147 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1726-4189 |
| Popis: | Although ranging among the most expensive gourmet foods, it remains unclear whether Burgundy truffles (Tuber aestivum) accumulate radioactivity at a harmful level comparable to other fungal species. Here, we measure the 137Cs in 82 T. aestivum fruit bodies from Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, and Hungary. All tested specimens reveal insignificant radiocaesium concentrations, thus providing an all-clear for many truffle hunters and cultivators in large parts of Europe as well as the subsequent chain of dealers and customers from around the world. Our results are particularly relevant in the light of ongoing efforts to cultivate Burgundy truffles, as well as the fact that several forest ecosystems are still highly contaminated with 137Cs, for which mushrooms are one of the main pathways to human diets. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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