This paper reports the results of a study using lichens as biomonitors to investigate the environmental distribution of depleted uranium (DU) at selected Kosovo sites as a consequence of the use of DU ordnance during the conflict of 1999. The results suggested that the use of DU ammunitions did not cause a diffuse environmental contamination in such a way to have caused a detectable U enrichment in lichens. Also isotopic U-235/U-238 measurements did not indicate the presence of DU particles in lichens, except for some samples at a heavily shelled site, which resulted contaminated by DU.

Loppi, S., DI LELLA, L.A., Frati, L., Protano, G., Pirintsos, S.A., F., R. (2004). Lichens as biomonitors of depleted uranium in Kosovo. JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY, 49(1-3), 437-445 [10.1007/s10874-004-1258-z].

Lichens as biomonitors of depleted uranium in Kosovo

LOPPI, STEFANO;DI LELLA L. A.;PROTANO, GIUSEPPE;
2004-01-01

Abstract

This paper reports the results of a study using lichens as biomonitors to investigate the environmental distribution of depleted uranium (DU) at selected Kosovo sites as a consequence of the use of DU ordnance during the conflict of 1999. The results suggested that the use of DU ammunitions did not cause a diffuse environmental contamination in such a way to have caused a detectable U enrichment in lichens. Also isotopic U-235/U-238 measurements did not indicate the presence of DU particles in lichens, except for some samples at a heavily shelled site, which resulted contaminated by DU.
2004
Loppi, S., DI LELLA, L.A., Frati, L., Protano, G., Pirintsos, S.A., F., R. (2004). Lichens as biomonitors of depleted uranium in Kosovo. JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY, 49(1-3), 437-445 [10.1007/s10874-004-1258-z].
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