Naturally Occurring Radium-226 and Radium-228 in Water Supplies of Michigan

Assessment of ethylene dibromide, dibromochloropropane, other volatile organic compounds, radium isotopes, radon, and inorganic compounds in groundwater and spring water from the Crouch Branch and McQueen Branch aquifers near McBee, South Carolina, 2010-2012

“…23). This relation between elevated radium isotopes and specific conductance has been observed in groundwater in the Atlantic Coastal Plain in other states (Szabo, dePaul, and others, 2012) and between elevated individual and radium isotopes and total dissolved solids (Herczeg and others, 1988;Sidhu and Breithart, 1998;Sturchio and others, 2001;Schrag and others, 2010). Conversely, Denham and others (2005) and Vengosh and others (2009) observed no positive relation between elevated individual and radium isotopes and specific conductance of groundwater in the Atlantic Coastal Plain.…”

Direct gamma-ray measurement of different radionuclides in the surface water of Suez Canal

“…The most radiotoxic among them is radium, which is known as carcinogenic element and exists in several isotopic forms. The predominant radium isotopes are 226 Ra, an alpha emitter with a half-life of 1600 years, and 228 Ra, a beta emitter with a half-life of 5.8 years (Sidhu and Breithart, 1998). When radium is taken into the body, its metabolic behavior is similar to that of calcium and an appreciable fraction is deposited in bones and the remaining fraction will be distributed almost uniformly in soft tissues (Wrenn et al, 1985).…”

Impacts of Uranium and Some Heavy Elements Contents on the Ground Water Quality of El-Missikat Area, Eastern Desert, Egypt

“…Based on the radioactive decay chain, uranium isotopes include U 234 , U 238 beside Ra 226 are radiotoxic and carcinogenic species and constitute the most abundant radionuclides in waters (Sidhu and Breithart, 1998). The geological characteristics of soil proved that uranium in the oxidizing aqueous conditions, the groundwater in contact with uranium deposits, well water samples were collected to known uranium mineralized area near Abu-Zenima, west central Sinai to examine the applicability of utilizing the hydrogeochemical technique for detection uranium mineralization in similar arid areas ( El-Rayes & Arnous,2015).…”