²¹⁰Po in popular medicinal herbs from Poland
2019
Boryło, Alicja | Romańczyk, Grzegorz | Kaczor, Marcin | Skwarzec, Bogdan
Herbs are an important part of traditional medicine in Poland. Therefore, the aim of this study was the determination of polonium ²¹⁰Po in 48 selected medicinal herb samples from the Polish market. The activity concentrations of ²¹⁰Po were measured using alpha spectrometry. The activity concentration of ²¹⁰Po was in the range from 0.3 ± 0.1 to 28.2 ± 0.4 Bq kg–¹. The obtained results were compared with corresponding studies conducted worldwide. A higher ²¹⁰Po activity concentration was observed in the above-ground part of plants. The obtained results show that the highest ²¹⁰Po activity concentration was observed in evergreen plants and winter-hardy plants. Yet even infusions with 2 g of the most contaminated herbs examined were considered to be radiologically safe.
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