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Radioactivity in soils and some terrestrial foodstuffs from organic and conventional farming areas in Izmir, Turkey

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The activity concentrations of the naturally occurring radionuclides of 210Po, 210Pb, 226Ra, 228Ra and 40K were determined in wheat, grape leaf, garlic, onion and soil samples collected from organic and conventional farms in the İzmir region. In addition, soil-to-plant transfer factors were estimated. While the activity concentrations of 210Po and 210Pb were determined by alpha spectrometry, those of 226Ra, 228Ra and 40K, were determined by gamma spectrometry. The samples collected from conventional farms showed higher activity concentrations of the above radionuclides when compared to those collected from organic farms. In general, the transfer factor values fall within the range given in the literature.

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This research work is supported by a grant from Ege University Scientific Research Project, Contract No: 09 NBE 008.

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Bakım, M., Görgün, A.U. Radioactivity in soils and some terrestrial foodstuffs from organic and conventional farming areas in Izmir, Turkey. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 306, 237–242 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4009-5

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