Table 3. Mean concentration (Bq/kg, wet weight) of radionuclides around the uranium mines in China, 2012−2019.
| Food | No. of samples |
238U
mean (95%CI) |
228Ra
mean (95%CI) |
226Ra
mean (95%CI) |
40K
mean (95%CI) |
137Cs
mean (95%CI) |
| Note: “–” means not detected. | ||||||
| Milk and dairy products | 250 | 2.99 (2.60−3.38) | 0.55 (0.49−0.61) | 1.22 (1.00−1.44) | 268.00 (253.74−282.26) | 1.18 (0.87−1.49) |
| Vegetables | 590 | 0.99 (0.86−1.12) | 0.25 (0.22−0.28) | 0.76 (0.39−1.13) | 94.60 (85.08−104.12) | 0.17 (0.13−0.21) |
| Tea | 156 | 4.18 (3.37−4.99) | 2.22 (1.80−2.64) | 1.30 (1.10−1.50) | 405.00 (369.38−440.62) | 0.46 (0.38−0.54) |
| Cereal | 447 | 1.88 (1.62−2.14) | 0.45 (0.39−0.51) | 0.70 (0.60−0.80) | 143.00 (126.68−159.32) | 0.40 (0.33−0.47) |
| Livestock and poultry meat | 280 | 1.39 (1.09−1.67) | 0.65 (0.50−0.80) | 0.60 (0.53−0.67) | 137.00 (104.09−169.91) | 0.47 (0.36−0.58) |
| Fish and seafood | 27 | 0.58 (0.38−0.78) | 0.65 (0.30−1.00) | 0.58 (0.36−0.80) | 71.40 (59.00−83.81) | 0.05 (0.04−0.06) |
| Seaweed | 2 | 1.91 | 2.38 (1.26−3.50) | 0.78 (0.41−1.15) | 15.0 | − |