Caesium-137

In terms of the statistics Contamination of foods with radioactive substances of the Federal Research Center for Nutrition and Food - Institute of Dairy Chemistry and Technology:
Caesium-137 ( ¹³⁷Cs )

radioactive isotope, which originates at atom splitting

physical half life: 30 years

effective half life in humans: 70 days

long physical half life, continuous absorption via food, good, resorption

potassium analogon, accumulates in liver, spleen and kidneys

included in meat, milk, foliage plants (spinach), mushrooms, culinary herbs, berry fruit and game.

Selected information about Caesium-137:

Tables:

• Contamination of foods, radioactive substances

Data Sources:

• Contamination of foods with radioactive substances

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