Radioactive Contamination in Feral Dogs in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: Population Body-Burden Survey and Implications for Human Radiation Exposure
J. Hecla, E. Kambarian, R. Tubbs, C. McKinley, A. J. Berliner, K. Russell, G. Spatola, J. Chertok, W. Braun, N. Hank, C. Marquette, J. Betz, T. Paik, M. Chenery, A. Cagan, , T. Mousseau
The paper surveys radioactive contamination in feral dogs near Chernobyl, finding internal 137Cs levels up to 30,000 Bq/kg and external contamination in 21/288 animals, with implications for human exposure.
bioRxiv · Apr 12, 2022Zoology