Radionuclides in the Food Chain

I. Introduction.- 1. A Post-Chernobyl View.- 2. Structural Problems in Large-Scale Crisis-Management Systems.- 3. Links in the Transmission of Radionuclides Through Food Chains.- II. Fundamental Information.- 4. Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation.- 5. Assessment of Dose From Man-Made Sources.- 6. Naturally Occurring Sources of Radioactive Contamination.- 7. International Recommendations on Radiation Protection.- III. Environmental Pathways Critical to Humans.- 8. Airborne Contamination.- 9. Radionuclides in the Aquatic Environment.- 10. Soil-Borne Radionuclides.- 11. Effect of Local Conditions on Coefficient of Radionuclide Transfer Through Food Chains.- 12. Long-Lived Man-Made Radionuclides in the Soil-Plant System.- IV. Consequences of Radionuclide Release to Health, Safety, and the Environment.- 13. Experience at Windscale—1957.- 14. The Accident at Three Mile Island—1979.- 15. Food-Chain Contamination From Testing Nuclear Devices.- 16. The Removal and/or Reduction of Radionuclides in the Food Chain.- V. Effects of Radionuclides in Food and Water Supplies.- 17. Long-Term Health Effects of Radionuclides in Food and Water Supplies.- 18. Radionuclides and Genetic Risks.- 19. Evaluation Procedures.- VI. Risk Management of Food and Water Supplies.- 20. Procedures on Assessment and Measures of Safety for the Population After the Chernobyl Accident.- 21. Radioactivity in Food: Surveillance Procedures in the United Kingdom.- 22. Methodology for Surveillance of the Food Chain as Conducted by the United States.- 23. Identification and Reliability of Parameters for the Assessment of Derived Intervention Levels for Control of Contaminated Foodstuffs.- 24. Use of Mathematical Models in Risk Assessment and Risk Management.- VII. Development of Guidelines for SafetyEvaluation of Food and Water After Nuclear Accidents.- 25. Development of Guidelines for Safety Evaluation of Food and Water After Nuclear Accidents: Procedures in North America.- 26. The Development of WHO’s Approach to DILs.- 27. FAO Recommended Limits for Radionuclide Contamination of Food.- 28. Radionuclides in Food: Radiation Protection Considerations.- VIII. Regulatory and Control Programs.- 29. Radionuclides: Regulatory and Control Programs.- 30. Regulation and Control of Radionuclides in Food in a European Socialist Country—Hungary.- 31. Control of Radioactivity in Foodstuffs in the European Economic Community.- 32. Derived Intervention Levels in Food: The Canadian Approach.- 33. Perceived Risks of Radionuclides: Understanding Public Understanding.- IX. Summary.- 34. Radionuclides in the Food Chain.- Glossary Words.