Spatial distribution of uranium and chemo-radiological assessment in Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh, India

Bhardwaj, Shefali; Shukla, Dericks Praise; Halder, Aditi

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“…The consumption of uranium-contaminated groundwater can cause kidney and bone damage because of chemical toxicity (Kale, 2021). The following equation is used to assess the lifetime average daily dose (LDAA) (WHO, 2011;Bhardwaj, et al, 2015): (Kale, et al, 2018).…”

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Evaluation of the toxicological effects of uranium on human health in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, with reference to the water quality index

Matte,

Raipurkar,

Mandal

2024

ECJ

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Groundwater is an important resource and approximate 80% of the world’s population depends solely on it to satisfy their needs. In the present investigation groundwater quality was assessed using WQI. For the same parameters viz, temperature, pH, conductivity, DO, alkalinity, TDS, sulphate, fluoride, bicarbonate, chloride, uranium, total hardness, calcium and magnesium hardness were assessed during post monsoon period in November 2021 in the Chandrapur region. For conducting this research total 116 groundwater samples were collected from different hydrological stations for the assessment of WQI. WQI is an important tool to assess quality of water for drinking and is classified as excellent to unsafe, i.e., 0-100 score. In this investigation WQI was found to be in the range between 27.63-674.56 exceeding both minimum and maximum score. The results of the present investigation showed that only 5.17% of water is safe for drinking,18% of water indicated poor water quality, 15% of water has very poor water quality and 77% of water is unsuitable for drinking purpose and proper treatment is required before use. During this investigation uranium in groundwater was also assessed considering its chemotoxical and radiological effects on human health. The chemotoxical and radiological effects were analyzed adopting standard equations given by USEPA. The radiological risk of mortality and morbidity was found to be 1.37E-05-1.47E-05, respectively. Thus, presence of uranium was noted and radiological risk was found to be below the permissible limit of AERB standard. The chemical toxicity of average value of Lifetime Average Daily Dose (LADD) and Hazard Quotient (HQ) was observed 0.315 and 0.00571, respectively and chemical toxicity of LADD was found to be in 8.62% sample population and above the permissible limits which can affect human health and can have kidney toxicity, bone and lung toxicity.

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Evaluation of the toxicological effects of uranium on human health in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, with reference to the water quality index

Matte,

Raipurkar,

Mandal

2024

ECJ

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“…The incidence of cancer in India is estimated to be 80 per 100,000 population whereas incidence of cancer in the Malwa region of Punjab State in India is observed to be 90 per 100,000 population [8]. A number of researchers [9][10][11] have reported that the concentration of uranium in the groundwater in the Malwa region is significantly higher not only with respect to the permissible limit of 15-30 ppb prescribed by international regulators like the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UN-SCEAR) [12], the World Health Organization (WHO) [13] and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [14] but also with respect to the concentration levels observed in other regions of India [15][16][17].…”

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Study of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material Present in Deep Soil of the Malwa Region of Punjab State of India Using Low Level Background Gamma-Ray Spectrometry

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Background: Epidemiological observations such as mental retardation, physical deformities, etc., in children besides different types of cancer in the adult population of the Malwa region have been reported. The present study is designed to get insight into the role of naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) in causing detrimental health effects observed in the general population of this region.Materials and Methods: Deep soil samples were collected from different locations in the Malwa region. Their activity concentrations were determined using low-level background gammaray spectrometry. High efficiency and high purity germanium detector capped in a lead-shielded chamber having a resolution of 1.8 keV at 1,173 keV and 2.0 keV at the 1,332 keV line of 60Co was used in the present work. Data were evaluated with Genie-2000 software.Results and Discussion: Mean activity concentrations of 238U, 232Th, and 40K in deep soil were found to be 101.3 Bq/kg, 65.8 Bq/kg, and 688.6 Bq/kg, respectively. The mean activity concentration of 238U was found to be three and half times higher than the global average prescribed by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). It was further observed that the activity concentration of 232Th and 40K has a magnitude that is nearly one and half times higher than the global average prescribed by UNSCEAR. In addition, the radioisotope 137Cs which is likely to have its origin in radiation fallout was also observed. It is postulated that the NORM present in high quantity in deep soil somehow get mobilized into the water aquifers used by the general population and thereby causing harmful health problems.Conclusion: It can be stated that the present work has been able to demonstrate the use of low background gamma-ray spectrometry to understand the role of NORM in causing health-related effects in a general population of the Malwa region of Punjab, India.

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Fluoride and nitrate in groundwater: a comprehensive analysis of health risk and potability of groundwater of Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, India

Tanwer

Deswal

Khyalia

et al. 2023

Environ Monit Assess

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Groundwater contamination is a major concern in front of the scienti c community because it is directly related to human health, especially in arid and semiarid regions. Therefore, a comprehensive study was engaged to evaluate the water quality, potability, and human health risk assessment due to the consumption of uoride and nitrate-contaminated water in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. In water quality, 16 parameters were analyzed as per the standard method of APHA(American Public health Association ), 2017, collected from 87 locations in the study region, and results found that the value of the number of quality parameters consisting of pH, EC, TDS, uoride, chloride, nitrate, sulphate, total hardness, calcium, magnesium, and total alkalinity was observed higher than the recommended limit of BIS (Bureau of Indian standard), 2012 and WHO (World Health Organization), 2017. The uoride in 11% and nitrate in 6% samples were observed to exceed the permissible limit of WHO. The results of risk assessment due to uoride and nitrate revealed that Hazard Index values of 71% groundwater samples for males, 78% groundwater samples for females, and 75% groundwater samples for children were greater than 1, indicating the signi cant health hazard due to consumption of groundwater. The water quality index (WQI) found that 37% of groundwater samples belong to categories that cannot be used for drinking purposes. Principal component analysis (PCA) reduced the large number of variables affecting the overall quality and chemistry of groundwater and determined four major components which account for 69.50% variance in the data.

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Spatial distribution of uranium and chemo-radiological assessment in Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh, India

Cited by 15 publications

References 37 publications

Evaluation of the toxicological effects of uranium on human health in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, with reference to the water quality index

Evaluation of the toxicological effects of uranium on human health in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, with reference to the water quality index

Study of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material Present in Deep Soil of the Malwa Region of Punjab State of India Using Low Level Background Gamma-Ray Spectrometry

Fluoride and nitrate in groundwater: a comprehensive analysis of health risk and potability of groundwater of Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, India

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