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Uranium (U) is a radiologically and chemically toxic heavy metal. Uranium occurs naturally in soils, is applied with mineral phosphate fertilizers, and accumulates in agricultural land. The science community agrees on the fact that only the soil-plant transfer of U is of no greater risk for contamination in the food chain. However, ground and surface water may be contaminated increasingly through erosion, run-off and leaching, and the quality of drinking water diminished.
An international U symposium, held from June 4-6, 2007 was organized by the Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science of the Federal Agricultural Research Centre (FAL) in Braunschweig on behalf of the Task Force on Sustainable Agriculture (TFSA) of the Agenda 21 for the Baltic Sea Region (BALTIC21). For the first time extended data were presented for U concentrations in water, soils and fertilizers; loads and fate of fertilizer derived U and its entry into the food chain were discussed as well.
Presentations and abstracts of the U symposium are available at:
http://www.baltic21.org/?meetings,table,agriculture_seminar_3
Contact: Prof. Dr. Dr. Ewald Schnug, Chairman of TFSA/B21, and Dr. Kerstin Panten, Federal Agricultural Research Centre (FAL), Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Bundesallee 50, D-38116 Braunschweig, phone: +49 531 596 2101; e-mail: pb@fal.de; PD Dr. Bettina Eichler-Löbermann, Agricultural and Environmental Faculty, Institute for Land Use, Dept. of Agriculture by Tillage and Crop Husbandry, Rostock University, Justus v. Liebig Weg 6, D-18051 Rostock, phone: +40 381 498 3064; e-mail: bettina.eichler@uni-rostock.de
http://www.baltic21.org/?meetings,table,agriculture_seminar_3 presentations and abstracts of the Symposium
http://idw-online.de/pages/de/news211973 - deutsche Fassung der Pressemitteilung
Photo 1: Uranium-experts speaking at the FAL symposium (from left) Mamdoh Sattouf, Hongxun Zhang, Ri ...
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Photo 2: Patricia Thomas lectures live per video conference from Saskatoon, Canada about nuclides of ...
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