Evaluation of Radiological Health Risks in Popularly Consumed Brands of Sachet Water in Nigeria
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 40K, 226R,...
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| description | 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 40K, 226R, and 228Ra 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 226Ra and 228Ra 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-309de9cac8f5453782cdc57db13f61e52022-12-22T00:43:09ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-07-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.917422917422Evaluation of Radiological Health Risks in Popularly Consumed Brands of Sachet Water in NigeriaKehinde Aladeniyi0Christopher Jimoh Olowookere1Mayeen Uddin Khandaker2Mayeen Uddin Khandaker3Sultan J. Alsufyani4Department of Physics, Federal University of Technology, Akure, NigeriaDepartment of Physics, University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, NigeriaCentre for Applied Physics and Radiation Technologies, School of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, MalaysiaDepartment of General Educational Development, Faculty of Science and Information Technology, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Physics, College of Science, Taif University, Taif, Saudi ArabiaRadiological 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 40K, 226R, and 228Ra 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 226Ra and 228Ra 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.917422/fullsachet drinking watergamma-ray spectrometryradium and thorium contentsradiation health risksactivity concentrations |
| spellingShingle | Kehinde Aladeniyi Christopher Jimoh Olowookere Mayeen Uddin Khandaker Mayeen Uddin Khandaker Sultan J. Alsufyani Evaluation of Radiological Health Risks in Popularly Consumed Brands of Sachet Water in Nigeria Frontiers in Public Health sachet drinking water gamma-ray spectrometry radium and thorium contents radiation health risks activity concentrations |
| title | Evaluation of Radiological Health Risks in Popularly Consumed Brands of Sachet Water in Nigeria |
| title_full | Evaluation of Radiological Health Risks in Popularly Consumed Brands of Sachet Water in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Radiological Health Risks in Popularly Consumed Brands of Sachet Water in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Radiological Health Risks in Popularly Consumed Brands of Sachet Water in Nigeria |
| title_short | Evaluation of Radiological Health Risks in Popularly Consumed Brands of Sachet Water in Nigeria |
| title_sort | evaluation of radiological health risks in popularly consumed brands of sachet water in nigeria |
| topic | sachet drinking water gamma-ray spectrometry radium and thorium contents radiation health risks activity concentrations |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.917422/full |
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