Evaluation of Radiological Health Risks in Popularly Consumed Brands of Sachet Water in Nigeria.
| Autor: | Aladeniyi K; Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria., Olowookere CJ; Department of Physics, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Nigeria., Khandaker MU; Centre for Applied Physics and Radiation Technologies, School of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia.; Department of General Educational Development, Faculty of Science and Information Technology, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Alsufyani SJ; Department of Physics, College of Science, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2022 Jul 18; Vol. 10, pp. 917422. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 18 (Print Publication: 2022). |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2022.917422 |
| Abstrakt: | Radiological investigation of 35 brands of most popularly used sachet drinking water in Ondo state, Nigeria has been carried out using a spectrometric method for evaluating the concomitant health risks to the members of the public. Activity concentrations of the investigated radionuclides 40 K, 226 R, and 228 Ra were in the range from 16.35 ± 4.10 to 199.94 ± 38.40 Bq L -1 with an arithmetic mean (AM) of 66.22 ± 54.99 Bq L -1 , from 1.35± 0.79 to 17.06 ± 5.13 Bq L -1 with an AM of 6.88 ± 3.66 Bq L -1 , and from 1.95 ± 0.08 to 17.22 ± 3.87 Bq L -1 with an AM of 9.49 ± 4.98 Bq L -1 , respectively. The determined annual effective doses and the corresponding excess lifetime cancer risks due to 226 Ra and 228 Ra were found to exceed the acceptable limits of 0.1 mSv y -1 and 10 -3 respectively, as suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO). This implies a non-negligible carcinogenic health hazard due to the intake of the surveyed drinking water, especially for the lactating babies (0-1) y and teenagers (12-17) y. The data from this research may form an invaluable component of radiometric values of the database in Nigeria, as well as the world for setting up guidelines and control policies for the use of sachet water. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2022 Aladeniyi, Olowookere, Khandaker and Alsufyani.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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