International Journal of Modern Biological Research
ISSN: 2053-180X
Vol. 8(1), pp. 1-11, September 2020
doi.org/10.33500/ijmbr.2020.8.001

Determination of the concentration activity of radiolead ²¹⁰Pb in mosses of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Feriz Adrović¹*, Alma Damjanović², Jasmin Adrović¹, Jasmina Kamberović¹ and Nađa Hadžiselimović³.

¹Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
²The International School of The Hague, Den Haag, Nederlands.
³Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: adrovicferiz@yahoo.com.

Received 25 May, 2020; Received in revised form 15 July, 2020; Accepted 20 July, 2020.

Keywords:
Radiolead ²¹⁰Pb, Bioindicators, Mosses, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The radioactive gas radon ²²²Rn, through a series of short-lived radionuclides, decomposes into a long-lived isotope of lead ²¹⁰Pb, which is classified as one of the most dangerous chemotoxic and radiotoxic elements. Natural aerosols containing ²¹⁰Pb lead isotope are always present in the atmosphere, which is a global problem for human health. This paper investigates the contamination levels of moss radiolead ²¹⁰Pb obtained from 92 locations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Gamaspectrometric analysis of the collected samples was performed using three high resolution purity germanium detectors with 35, 23 and 70% relative efficiency. In all tested samples of moss contained ²¹⁰Pb, with concentrations of ²¹⁰Pb ranged from 10 to 2000 Bq/kg dry weight in selected moss species.

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