background: the aims of the study are to determine the radioactivity concentrations of 226ra, 238u, 232th and 40k in vegetables of a recently found high background radiation area of south-eastern part of bangladesh and to detect the radiological risks to human from intake of these vegetables. materials and method: 10 plant samples were collected randomly from different locations of the study ar...

BACKGROUND This study was focused on the probability of carcinogen risk of low-level ingestion and dermal exposure with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from drinking water in Tehran, capital of Iran. METHODS Concentrations of 16 PAHs were measured in the tap, bottled and heated tap water in four different seasons. Using a questionnaire-based survey, exposure with PAHs from drinking wa...

This study was carried out to assess the potential non-carcinogenic health risk of the exposure of children and adults population of Sagamu, southwest Nigeria to heavy metal contamination through soil ingestion pathway. Twenty (20) soil samples were collected randomly between August and October, 2011; wet-digested and analyzed for Pb, Cu, Cr, Cd and Zn by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. Do...

introduction exposure to chronic levels of ionizing radiation could be detrimental to health even at very low doses. calabar free trade zone (cftz) was established to promote export business in nigeria and it is yet to produce exposure data of the zone. materials and methods the zone was divided into three categories depending on the type of business. category a had facilities with manufacturin...

abstract background: the radiological impact of the use of phosphate fertilizers in soil is due to the internal irradiation of the lung by the alpha particles, short lived radon-thoron progeny and the external irradiation of the body by gamma rays emitted from radionuclides in situ. this paper describes the results of gamma spectrometric measurements of the concentration of the natural radionuc...

In mid-winter in a temperate area, untreated municipal sewage overflowed onto ocean beaches. To assess the infection risk posed to beachgoers by sewage-borne pathogens, we developed a framework to predict the concentration of pathogens in beach sand, and coupled the environmental concentration to sand-exposure parameters and dose-response relationships for representative sewage-borne pathogens....

Historical operations at the Hanford Site (Washington State, USA) have released a wide array of non-radionuclide and radionuclide contaminants into the environment. As a result of stakeholder concerns, Native American exposure scenarios have been integrated into Hanford risk assessments. Because its contribution to radiological risk to Native Americans is culturally and geographically specific ...