The naturalradioactivesubstancecontentwas determinedfor fishes, in thermal spring water, farm products irrigatedwithsuch water andotherbiologicalsamples.
Many of us have certain mental images that spring to mind when thinking of the effects of radioactive contamination: mutated animals, children with deformities and birth defects, for example.
Munitions containing depleted uranium, a slightly radioactive heavy metal, were dropped by US aircraft during the 78-day air campaign against Yugoslavia in spring 1999, and in Bosnia during 1994 and 1995.