​Transfer of Radioactivity from Seaweed to Terrestrial Foods

The aim of this study was to identify the extent of seaweed use in Scotland, understand the practices adopted, the extent to which food grown on seaweed treated land is consumed by individuals and to estimate potential radiation doses from ingestion of these foodstuffs.

Summary

Health Protection Agency
Brown, J ; Hammond, D; Wilding, D; Wilkins, B; Gow, C

Routine monitoring by the Food Standards Agency has indicated that some radionuclides released from Sellafield can be biologically accumulated by certain types of seaweed. In parts of Scotland seaweed is routinely used as a soil conditioner and also consumed by farm animals grazing on the foreshore. These pathways represent potential routes by which radionuclides released could enter the food chain.

Project Code: R04003

Report_R04003

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