Assessment of Health Risk of Exposure to Alpha-Emitters in Cheese Samples Collected from Iraqi Markets

In this research, alpha-emitter concentrations of 222Rn, 226Ra, and 238U in Iranian, Turkish, Egyptian, Saudi Arabian, Iraqi canned cheeses that are available markets were measured using the CR-39 detector. Also, health risk parameters associated with ingestion radionuclides, such as annual average internal effective dose (AAIED) an excess cancer fatality per million persons (RECFPMP), calculated. The results show values 228U for all samples present study 3.7±0.38 Bq/m3, 25.24±2.63 mBq/kg, 0.025±0.002 ppm, respectively. AAIED RECFPMP 0.175±0.018 µSv/y 0.674±0.070, highest value alpha-emitters well found cheese produced Arabia, while lowest Egyptian samples. They were, nevertheless, less than permissible value. According to current study, consumption those products poses no risks.