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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY
Volume 102, Issue 10, Pages 906-910Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.04.002
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Lichen; Radioactive pollution; Bioindicator
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This paper examines the viability of using Canoparmelia texana lichen species as a bioindicator of air pollution by radionuclides and rare earth elements (REEs) in the vicinity of a tin and lead industry. The lichen and soil samples were analyzed for uranium, thorium and REEs by instrumental neutron activation analysis. The radionuclides Ra-226, Ra-228 and Pb-210 were determined either by Gamma-ray spectrometry (GRS) (soils) or by radiochemical separation followed by gross alpha and beta counting using a gas flow proportional counter (lichens). The lichens samples concentrate radionuclides (on the average 25-fold higher than the background for this species) and REEs (on the average 10-fold higher), therefore they can be used as a fingerprint of contamination by the operation of the tin industry. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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