[Liquid radioactive waste in health activities: annual dosage to the population]

A survey was taken of the amount of radionuclides, acquired, utilized, and released in one year's time, in the Adige river by the USL (Local Division of the National Public Health System) of Verona. The critical pathways of environmental pollution were analyzed and the individual and collective doses of some critical population groups and the population as a whole were compiled. Some suggestions to reduce the collective doses both from radioactive releases and diagnostic use of radionuclides are given.