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. 2020 Jul 18;2(29):537–540. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2020.146

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