Medica Jadertina, Vol. 49 No. 1, 2019.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
Uranium concentrations in soil, water, vegetables and biological samples of inhabitants of war affected areas in eastern Croatia
Miroslav Venus
; Zavod za javno zdravstvo "Sveti Rok", Virovitičko-podravske županije
Dinko Puntarić
orcid.org/0000-0001-9776-5533
; Hrvatsko katoličko sveučilište Zagreb
Vlatka Gvozdić
; Sveučilište "Josipa Jurja Strossmayera" u Osijeku, Odjel za kemiju
Domagoj Vidosavljević
orcid.org/0000-0002-0621-5403
; Medicinski fakultet Osijek
Lidija Bijelić
; Zavod za medicinsku procjenu, profesionalnu rehabilitaciju i osobe s invaliditetom, Varaždin
Ada Puntarić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9521-8613
; Prehrambeno-biotehnološki fakultet Zagreb
Eda Puntarić
orcid.org/0000-0003-0467-219X
; Hrvatska agencija za zaštitu okoliša i prirode, Zagreb
Mirjana Špehar
; Zavod za javno zdravstvo "Sveti Rok", Virovitičko-podravske županije, Djelatnost za zdravstvenu ekologiju
Tena Venus
; Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije Zagreb
Marina Vidosavljević
; Opća bolnica Vinkovci
Sažetak
The aim of the study was to investigate uranium concentrations in water, soil, vegetables, urine, serum and hair in the area of Eastern Croatia and try to explain the possible origins of uranium. In total, 67 water samples, 17 soil samples and 24 vegetable samples from 5 sites in Eastern Croatia were collected, and from 389 inhabitants were taken urine, serum and hair samples and were analyzed by inductively masked mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) method. All uranium concentrations in water samples were below the recommended 30 μgL-1. Very low uranium concentrations and relatively small variations between individual sites, all within the known reference values (0.8-11 mgkg-1), were found in soil. The median concentration of uranium in vegetables was between 0.02 and 3.36 μg kg-1, while the mean values ranged from 0.03 to 14.86 μg kg-1, which was influenced by an extremely high concentration in Našice of 66.0 μg kg-1. Large differences in uranium concentration in urine, serum and hair samples were found. Urine and serum urine concentrations ranged from 0.00-0.89 μg L-1, 0.00-9.39 μg L-1, and in the hair of 0.00-186.77 μg g-l. Urine concentrations in 32% urine samples, 48% serum samples, and 5% hair samples were more than the reference values. The cluster by serum sample analysis is clustered by the Čepin location, and in Našice's hair samples.
Certainly uranium concentrations were not influenced by warfare, but the sources, mechanisms and ways of uranium introduction into the human body, with low mechanical engineering, need to be further explored
Ključne riječi
uranium; ICP-MS; environment; biomonitoring; eastern Croatia
Hrčak ID:
219608
URI
Datum izdavanja:
17.4.2019.
Posjeta: 2.309 *