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DIRECT absorption of ions in solution in the environment occurs frequently in freshwater invertebrates1–3 and could be partly responsible for radiocontamination of the freshwater fauna4,5 by radioisotopes in solution.
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VAN DER BORGHT, O. Accumulation of Radium-226 by the Freshwater Gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis L.. Nature 197, 612–613 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197612a0
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