Uranium in Kosovo鈥檚 drinking water

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• 作者：Fatlume Berisha ; Walter Goessler
• 关键词：Uranium ; Kosovo ; Drinking water ; Groundwater ; ICPMS
• 刊名：Chemosphere
• 出版年：November, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：93
• 期：9
• 页码：2165-2170
• 全文大小：648 K

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The results of this paper are an initiation to capture the drinking water and/or groundwater elemental situation in the youngest European country, Kosovo. We aim to present a clear picture of the natural uranium concentration in drinking water and/or groundwater as it is distributed to the population of Kosovo. Nine hundred and fifty-one (951) drinking water samples were analyzed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS). The results are the first countrywide interpretation of the uranium concentration in drinking water and/or groundwater, directly following the Kosovo war of 1999. More than 98% of the samples had uranium concentrations above 0.01 渭g L^鈭?, which was also our limit of quantification. Concentrations up to 166 渭g L^鈭? were found with a mean of 5 渭g L^鈭? and median 1.6 渭g L^鈭? were found. Two point six percent (2.6%) of the analyzed samples exceeded the World Health Organization maximum acceptable concentration of 30 渭g L^鈭?, and 44.2% of the samples exceeded the 2 渭g L^鈭? German maximum acceptable concentrations recommended for infant food preparations.