Nucleus (Jul 2019)

Assessment of environmental pollution in Havana city using nuclear and related techniques

  • Oscar Díaz Rizo,
  • Susana Olivares Rieumont,
  • Alina Gelen Rudnikas,
  • Katia D´Alessandro Rodríguez,
  • Lázaro Lima Cazorla,
  • Damarys García Céspedes,
  • Amaya O. Casanova Díaz,
  • César García Trápaga,
  • Michel Manduca Artiles

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 66
pp. 58 – 65

Abstract

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Various nuclear and related analytical techniques applied to study different environmental problems in Havana city are presented. The environmental analysis by means of Neutron and Gamma Activation analyses, X-ray Fluorescence Atomic Abortion and Induced Coupled Plasma spectroscopies and Low Background , Gamma Spectrometry, have allowed to obtain important information about the behavior of heavy metals, antibiotics and radionuclides in sediments, urban and agricultural soils, waters, beach sands, urban dusts and agricultural products farmed in the Havana city.

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