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: Received: 28 September 2023 / Approved: 28 September 2023 / Online: 28 September 2023 (10:12:51 CEST)
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Radu, V.M.; Popescu (Hoștuc), I.C.; Banu, D.M.; Zlăgnean, M.; Tomuș, N. Impact on Food of Uranium and Heavy Metals Mining Activities. Preprints2023, 2023091972. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1972.v1
Radu, V.M.; Popescu (Hoștuc), I.C.; Banu, D.M.; Zlăgnean, M.; Tomuș, N. Impact on Food of Uranium and Heavy Metals Mining Activities. Preprints 2023, 2023091972. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1972.v1
Radu, V.M.; Popescu (Hoștuc), I.C.; Banu, D.M.; Zlăgnean, M.; Tomuș, N. Impact on Food of Uranium and Heavy Metals Mining Activities. Preprints2023, 2023091972. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1972.v1
APA Style
Radu, V.M., Popescu (Hoștuc), I.C., Banu, D.M., Zlăgnean, M., & Tomuș, N. (2023). Impact on Food of Uranium and Heavy Metals Mining Activities. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1972.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Radu, V.M., Marius Zlăgnean and Nicolae Tomuș. 2023 "Impact on Food of Uranium and Heavy Metals Mining Activities" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1972.v1
Abstract
The rapid technological development of society determined increased demand for safe potable water and food resources. Unfortunately, this progress causes complex environmental pollution, that is continuously challenging the scholars’ community. Therefore, it is important to chemically analyze the food for a better understanding of pollution-spreading mechanisms. Our study is focused on food analysis originating from Vatra Dornei City, which belongs to Suceava County in the Bukovina region of Romania. It represents a well-known Romanian spa and ski resort in the northern parts of the Oriental Carpathians Mountains. The mountain region owns a lot of mineral resources, mainly consisting of mineral and sparkling waters, uranium, manganese, copper, pyrite, chalcopyrite, polymetallic ores, baryte, gold and silver-bearing orebodies, etc. The present contribution aims to point out the results obtained from the analysis of soil, water and food samples collected from the local markets. The food samples consisted of lettuce, spinach, apples, pork (smoked) chicken meat (raw), milk and cheese. Last year the survey was conducted over six months. The results highlighted that the mining activities carried out during time caused environmental pollution with uranium and heavy metals due to the waste heaps’ weathering phenomena and tailing ponds’ presence.
Keywords
heavy metals; uranium; contaminated food
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Pollution
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