Concentration levels of 210Pb and 210Po in dry tobacco leaves in Greece

Savidou, A.; Kehagia, K.; Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos

doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2005.06.004

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“…It is well known that more than 80% of Ra, Po and Pb originally contained in the phosphate rock is still phosphogypsum. Approximately 80% of U and Th present in phosphoric acid [14] CONCLUSION In this study, the 210 Po activity concentration of Malboro and Gudang Garam cigarettes and tobaccos from Bachok, Tumpat and Semerak were investigated.…”

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[sup 210]Po concentration analysis on tobacco and cigarettes in Malaysia

Azman

Rahman²,

Yasir³

2013

AIP Conference Proceedings

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Tobacco or better known as the cigarette was smoked since ages. Although many efforts had been made by the Ministry of Health to prevent or reduce the cigarette problem, the smokers still consider that cigarette are not harmful to health. This work is conducted to study the concentration of radionuclides alpha in tobacco and tobacco products in Malaysia. The radionuclide sought in this study is 210 Po which is an alpha emitter. The sample used are tobacco and cigarettes, the tobacco samples were taken from tobacco farms in Malaysia while the sample branded cigarettes Marlboro and Gudang Garam were bought in the supermarket. The objectives of this study are to determine the concentration of radionuclides 210 Po in tobacco and tobacco products as well as to estimate the radioactivity doses contributing to the smokers in Malaysia. The results for Marlboro cigarettes and Gudang Garam were found to be on the average radionuclide concentration of 210 Po is 13.3 mBq/g (Marlboro cigarettes) and 11.9 mBq/g (Gudang Garam). From the total concentration of the cigarette, the estimated annual contribution dose to smokers for every 20 cigarettes smoked per day are 111.9 ± 14.7 ȝSv/year for Marlboro cigarettes and 100.2 ± 3.3 ȝSv/year for Gudang Garam cigarettes. The average concentration of radionuclides for tobacco leaf tobacco for each area taken is 3.6 mBq / g for Bachok, 2.4 mBq / g for Tumpat and 3.1 mBq / g for Semerak district.

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[sup 210]Po concentration analysis on tobacco and cigarettes in Malaysia

Azman

Rahman²,

Yasir³

2013

AIP Conference Proceedings

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“…The noble gas Radon-222 originates from the decay of (Tso et al, 1964); b (USA) (Tso et al, 1966); c (NZ,USA) (Gregory, 1965); d (Peres and Hiromoto, 2002); e (Greece) (Savidou et al, 2006); f (Pakistan) (Tahir and Alaamer, 2008). uranium-238 in the earth's crust and diffuses from soil to the atmosphere and decays to 210 Pb and 210 Po.…”

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Polonium-210 and lead-210 in the terrestrial environment: a historical review

Persson

Holm

2011

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

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“…2 In a recent study from Greece, a 12 times higher lead concentration was found in tobacco smokers than in nonsmokers living in the midaltitudes of the northern hemisphere. 3 In this context, we showed that plasma and intracellular elevated lead concentrations contributed to the development of hypertension because of tobacco or nontabocco smoking or environmental exposure. 4 In addition, in human lymphocytes, elevated lead concentrations with protein denaturation were also found in our studies.…”

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confidence: 94%