Herbal plants show another evidence of radon contamination in Al-Muthanna Province

Naeem, Hayder Salah; Algareb, Rawaa Sami; Hussein, Hussein A.

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“…A little over half of this amount (1.4 mSv) comes from progenies of radon and thoron, with 1.24 mSv from radon progeny [8]. It may be assumed that the vectors for the plant uptake of radon are from radionuclides in the soil or water and deposition on the leaves, to seed and subsequently to the coconut water and into the food supply [9][10][11][12].…”

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Radon (<sup>222</sup>Rn) Concentration in Fresh and Processed Coconut Water Using a RAD7 Detector

Bignall¹,

Caldwell²

2021

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Coconut water has several uses that are beneficial to humans, mainly because of its nutritional and medicinal properties. In this study coconut water samples were collected from the fresh mature coconuts and from packaged processed coconut water to measure the radon concentrations in them. The results were used to estimate the annual effective radiation dose to the general adult population from ingestion of coconut water. The samples were analyzed for radon concentrations using the Durridge RAD-7 radon detector. The results of measured radon concentrations for the fresh mature coconut were ranged from 381.10 Bq•m −3 to 1716.80 Bq•m −3 . The results for packaged processed coconut samples ranged from 68.08 Bq•m −3 to 556.85 Bq•m −3 . The mean values for the samples were (1081.40 and 222.78) Bq•m −3 for the fresh and processed samples, respectively. The estimated mean annual effective doses (AED) due to ingestion of coconut water were 0.41 and 0.08 μSv•y −1 for fresh and processed samples, respectively. These values are significantly lower than the safe limits recommended by the World Health Organization and the European Commission of 0.1 mSv•y −1 and the maximum contamination level (MCL) of 11,000 Bq•m −3 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and so do not constitute a risk to consumers of coconut water.

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Radon (<sup>222</sup>Rn) Concentration in Fresh and Processed Coconut Water Using a RAD7 Detector

Bignall¹,

Caldwell²

2021

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A New Mathematical Models or Estimation the Radon Concentrations in Medical Herbs by Using Numerical Methods

Arif,

Yaseen,

Khalel

et al. 2024

Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

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Life-years lost attributable to air, water and earth pollution in Asia and Pacific countries, 2000–2019

Somboonsin,

Canudas-Romo

2024

Asian Population Studies

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Herbal plants show another evidence of radon contamination in Al-Muthanna Province

Cited by 3 publications

References 19 publications

Radon (<sup>222</sup>Rn) Concentration in Fresh and Processed Coconut Water Using a RAD7 Detector

Radon (<sup>222</sup>Rn) Concentration in Fresh and Processed Coconut Water Using a RAD7 Detector

A New Mathematical Models or Estimation the Radon Concentrations in Medical Herbs by Using Numerical Methods

Life-years lost attributable to air, water and earth pollution in Asia and Pacific countries, 2000–2019

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Herbal plants show another evidence of radon contamination in Al-Muthanna Province

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Radon (&lt;sup&gt;222&lt;/sup&gt;Rn) Concentration in Fresh and Processed Coconut Water Using a RAD7 Detector

Radon (&lt;sup&gt;222&lt;/sup&gt;Rn) Concentration in Fresh and Processed Coconut Water Using a RAD7 Detector

A New Mathematical Models or Estimation the Radon Concentrations in Medical Herbs by Using Numerical Methods

Life-years lost attributable to air, water and earth pollution in Asia and Pacific countries, 2000–2019

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Radon (<sup>222</sup>Rn) Concentration in Fresh and Processed Coconut Water Using a RAD7 Detector

Radon (<sup>222</sup>Rn) Concentration in Fresh and Processed Coconut Water Using a RAD7 Detector