Abstract |
Despite significant advancement in the administration of nuclear
power, as well as the efforts of scientists, constructors, and
mechanical engineers, no perfect guarantee for the flawless
operation of atomic power-stations can be presently given. While at
the beginning of the twentieth century sources of radiation were
mainly an object of scientific research, they have since become
part of many other spheres of human activity, including power
engineering, medicine, different branches of industry, agriculture,
and transport. Because of this, the number of people who may be
subjected to radiation when a certain accident occurs is
continuously growing. The danger for the health of the population
is especially great when a serious accident occurs in atomic
power-stations (like the one that occurred in the Chernobyl Atomic
Power-station in 1986). In such cases, there is a long-lasting
pollution of air, water, soil, and foodstuffs with radioactive
substances. Such pollution has an exceedingly unfavorable impact on
the human organism. In such cases, mineral water which chemical
composition is conducive to the decorporation of radioactive
substances from the human organism can used as a means of
prophylactics. The mineral water in the Sandanski area has one of
the highest concentrations of metasilicon acid in Bulgaria (131
mg/l). Additionally, the ratio of metasilicon acid to fluorine
(20:1) makes it one of its kinds. During the mutual continuous
research from 1990 to present conducted by experts of the Ministry
of Health, the National Center of Radiobiology and Radioactive
Protection, and the South-West University "Neofit Rilski" in
Blagoevgrad, the radio protective and decorporative abilities of
the fluorine mineral waters in the Sandanski area were empirically
proved. The usage of that mineral water as a means prophylactics in
cases of radioactive pollution of the environment is particularly
necessary for those towns and villages which use drinking water
from open reservoirs, such as rivers, artificial lakes, and
others.
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References |
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Report on the Consequens of the Chernobyl Accident, N.Y. 1988
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