Measurement of natural radioactivity in soil from Peshawar basin of Pakistan

Tufail, Muhammad; Asghar, M. I.; Akram, Muhammad; Javied, Sabiha; Khan, Khalid Saifullah; Mujahid, S. A.

doi:10.1007/s10967-013-2619-3

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“…The activity concentration measured in this study was compared with those from local and other countries (Table 3) [7,26,[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]. The values of 226 Ra activity concentration in our study are lower than the values in similar studies in Yemen, Hungary, Yunnan, China, Turkey, Thailand, Algeria, Egypt, Pakistan, Iraq, and Jordan, while it is little higher than that of Sudan, Nigeria, and Malaysia, and within the range of India.…”

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Investigation of Natural Radioactivity Levels and Evaluation of Radiation Hazards in Residential-Area Soil Near a Ras Tanura Refinery, Saudi Arbia

Alshahri

El-Taher

2018

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Investigation of Natural Radioactivity Levels and Evaluation of Radiation Hazards in Residential-Area Soil Near a Ras Tanura Refinery, Saudi Arbia

Alshahri

El-Taher

2018

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…This study was conducted in the urban region of district Mardan which is the second most populous district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. It lays between latitude 34° 05´ to 34 °32´ North and longitude 71° 48´to 72°25´ East; located about 14km northeast of Peshawar (Tufail et al, 2013). The study was focused on the small residential setting where most of the people were using MSW for leveling their residential lands.…”

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Assessment of municipal solid waste landfilling practices on the groundwater quality and associated health risks: a case study of Mardan-Pakistan

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This study was conducted to investigate the effects of municipal solid waste (MSW) used as land lling on the ground water quality and health effects on the community. The study was carried out in Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province-Pakistan. To assess the impacts, 13 ground water samples were collected from Solid Waste Dumping Sites (SWDS) and 13 from Safe Sites (SS). Ground water was analyzed for pH, Turbidity, Electrical Conductivity (EC), Total Hardness (TH), Cl − , Ca + 2 , K + 1 , NO − 2 , NO − 3 , SO 4 − 2 ; heavy metals such as Pb, Cr, Mn, Cu, Ni, Zn, Cd, Fe; biological parameter such as Total Coliform. Waste sample collected from SWDS showed that food and garden waste were present highest percentage by weight (30.5%) followed by nes (17.3%). The two groups (SWDS and SS) differ signi cantly for the parameters like EC, TH, COD, Na, Ca, NO 3 − and SO 4 − 2 Ni and TC. Samples collected from SWDS (84%) were found contaminated with TC ranged 2-22. It was analyzed that pH, EC, TDS, COD, TH, NO 3 − , SO 4 − 2 , NO 2 − , Ca + 2 , Na + , TC, Cr, Ni, Zn, Cd and TC were more in the sample collected from 70-130 feet than 140-200 feet. TC found in 70-80 feet depth was signi cantly different from rest of the groups. Similarly, signi cant difference regarding different parameters for various depths was found for K + 1 , Ca + 2 , NO 2 − , Pb, Cu and Fe. The results of the questionnaire survey revealed negative correlation between the diseases and distance from the land lling sites and signi cant correlation was observed for typhoid, cholera skin allergies and gastro enteritis. The study con rmed that using MSW as a ll material has contaminated the ground water quality and leveling of land through MSW is not safe. Deep drilling is recommended for extraction of ground water in the contaminated area to minimize the associated health risks.

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“…Determination of the activity concentrations of the terrestrial and fallout radionuclides are of a great interest for many researchers. In the recent past many studies were published in the literature (Kurnaz et al 2011;Hannan et al 2012;Khan et al 2012;Tufail et al 2013;Dhawal et al 2013;Kunovska et al 2013;Manohar et al 2013;Santawamaitre et al 2014;Sivakumar 2104;Dusane et al 2014;Miller and Voutchkov 2014;Ajmal et al 2014;Rajeshwari et al 2014;Bakım and Görgün 2015;Srilatha et al 2015;Kurnaz 2016;Altıkulaç et al 2016). To date, there has been no survey reported on the background radiation levels in Zile (Tokat) region, which is famous with grape molasses in Turkey (Zile molasses).…”

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Radionuclides content in grape molasses soil samples from Central Black Sea region of Turkey

Kurnaz

Gezelge

Hançerlioğulları

et al. 2016

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal

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The activity concentrations of radionuclides in grape molasses soil samples collected from Zile (Tokat) plain in Central Black Sea region of Turkey were measured by using gamma spectrometer with a NaI(Tl) detector. Also, the concentrations of 222 Rn in soil samples and air were estimated essentially taking the activity concentrations of 226 Ra measured in soil samples. Grape molasses soil samples with calcium carbonate content are used for sedimentation for making molasses in this region. The average activity concentrations of 232 Th, 226 Ra, 40 K and 137 Cs were found as 62 ± 2, 68 ± 3, 479 ± 35 and 8.0 ± 0.3 Bq kg -1 , respectively. The average concentrations of 222 Rn in soil samples and air were estimated to be 50 kBq m -3 and 144 Bq m -3 . From the activity concentrations, absorbed gamma dose rate in outdoor air (D), annual effective dose from external exposure (E E ), annual effective dose from inhalation of radon (E I ) and excess Downloaded by [Dalhousie University] at 11:28 05 June 2016 ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 2 lifetime cancer risk (ELCR) were estimated in order to assess radiological risks. The averagevalues of D, E E , E I and ELCR were found to be 90 nGy h -1 , 110 Sv y -1 , 1360 Sv y -1 and 4 x 10 -4 , respectively.

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Measurement of natural radioactivity in soil from Peshawar basin of Pakistan

Cited by 30 publications

References 42 publications

Investigation of Natural Radioactivity Levels and Evaluation of Radiation Hazards in Residential-Area Soil Near a Ras Tanura Refinery, Saudi Arbia

Investigation of Natural Radioactivity Levels and Evaluation of Radiation Hazards in Residential-Area Soil Near a Ras Tanura Refinery, Saudi Arbia

Assessment of municipal solid waste landfilling practices on the groundwater quality and associated health risks: a case study of Mardan-Pakistan

Radionuclides content in grape molasses soil samples from Central Black Sea region of Turkey

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