All-clear for gourmets: truffles not radioactive

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F86652079%3A_____%2F16%3A00473388" target="_blank" >RIV/86652079:_____/16:00473388 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1145-2016" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1145-2016</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1145-2016" target="_blank" >10.5194/bg-13-1145-2016</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
All-clear for gourmets: truffles not radioactive
Original language description
Although ranging among the most expensive gourmet foods, it remains unclear whether Burgundy truffles (Tuber aestivum) accumulate radioactivity at a harmful level comparable to other fungal species. Here, we measure the 137Cs in 82 T. aestivum fruit bodies from Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, and Hungary. All tested specimens reveal insignificant radiocaesium concentrations, thus providing an all-clear for many truffle hunters and cultivators in large parts of Europe as well as the subsequent chain of dealers and customers from around the world. Our results are particularly relevant in the light of ongoing efforts to cultivate Burgundy truffles, as well as the fact that several forest ecosystems are still highly contaminated with 137Cs, for which mushrooms are one of the main pathways to human diets.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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