2015
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128790
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Assessment of Radiation and Heavy Metals Risk due to the Dietary Intake of Marine Fishes (Rastrelliger kanagurta) from the Straits of Malacca

Abstract: The environment of the Straits of Malacca receives pollution as a result of various industrial and anthropogenic sources, making systematic studies crucial in determining the prevailing water quality. Present study concerns concentrations of natural radionuclides and heavy metals in marine fish (Rastrelliger kanagurta) collected from the Straits of Malacca, since aquatic stock form an important source of the daily diet of the surrouding populace. Assessment was made of the concentrations of key indicator radio… Show more

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“…K 40 , Ra 226 and Th232 -were determined using a high-resolution, p-type coaxial HPGe γ-ray spectrometer (Canberra) shielded by cylindrical lead. Similarly described by Khandaker et al [19], the relative efficiency of the detector was 28.2% and energy resolution of 1.67 keV-FWHM at the 1.33 MeV peak of Co 60 . The gamma spectrometry systems uses the modelling software LabSOCS (Canberra) to determine the efficiency of the geometry used.…”
Section: Plos Onesupporting
confidence: 53%
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“…K 40 , Ra 226 and Th232 -were determined using a high-resolution, p-type coaxial HPGe γ-ray spectrometer (Canberra) shielded by cylindrical lead. Similarly described by Khandaker et al [19], the relative efficiency of the detector was 28.2% and energy resolution of 1.67 keV-FWHM at the 1.33 MeV peak of Co 60 . The gamma spectrometry systems uses the modelling software LabSOCS (Canberra) to determine the efficiency of the geometry used.…”
Section: Plos Onesupporting
confidence: 53%
“…This was done by digesting 0.5 g of each powdered coal sample in a PerkinElmer microwave digestion system (Multiwave 3000) using a 5 ml mixture of 65% concentrated HNO 3 (SpectrosoL grade) and 3 ml of H 2 O 2 (30%) for 10 minutes. Consequent to ensuring complete digestion of the samples, the solutions were cooled in a water bath, filtered (as per laboratory procedure), and brought up to a volume of 50 ml using ultra-pure water (18.2 MΩcm) in a volumetric flask [19]. Thereafter concentrations for U and Th were determined by ICP-MS.…”
Section: Plos Onementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The estimated values commensurate with the acceptable limits, they are slightly higher as compared to other areas in the world having thorium rich monazite sand 9 . So it causes no significant health hazard to public health in terms of the cancer risk.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 79%
“…Moreover, those four elements had levels 3 to 10 times lower in Indian mackerel from Seychelles compared to Malaysia waters (Agusa et al, 2005;Khandaker et al, 2015). Legal thresholds are inexistent for essential elements in…”
Section: Comparison With Literature and Reference Values For Essentiamentioning
confidence: 94%