Unexpected Lack of Deleterious Effects of Uranium on Physiological Systems following a Chronic Oral Intake in Adult Rat
Figure 2
Bioaccumulation of uranium in organs after chronic ingestion for 9 months. Uranium was measured in organs (the kidney, femur, liver, and brain (entorhinal cortex)) by ICP-MS (see Material and Methods section for details). The results are expressed as ng/g tissue for 10 animals in the kidney and femur and for 4–6 in the liver and entorhinal cortex. The insets in the figures on the left (kidney and liver) show the increase in uranium accumulation for the lowest U levels (from 0.2 to 10 mg/L).
