Health and ecological hazards due to natural radioactivity in soil from mining areas of Nasarawa State, Nigeria by Aliyu, Abubakar Sadiq, Ibrahim, Umar, Akpa, Chidozie Timothy, Garba, Nuraddeen Nasiru, Ramli, Ahmad Termizi

“…The human health hazard assessment was conducted using regulatory methodologies set by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, while the radio ecological impact assessment was conducted using the ERICA tool v. 1.2. …”

Characterization of radiation dose and soil-to-plant transfer factor of natural radionuclides in some cities from south-western Nigeria and its effect on man by Sunday Babatunde Ibikunle, Adeseye Muyiwa Arogunjo, Oladele Samuel Ajayi

“…This value is higher than the world average of 2.9 × 10−4 reported by United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation UNSCEAR. The ELCR is a function of environmental geology and 40K has very high soil-to-plant transfer factor compared to other radionuclides in the samples. …”
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Assessment of Radiological Hazards in Soil, Water and Plants Around Coal Power Plant by S. Murniasih, D. S. Prabasiwi, S Sukirno

“…According to the calculation of radiation hazard index in this research, it was understood that all parameters of all samples were within acceptable limits by the world average value reported by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR).…”
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Assessment of the Natural Radioactivity of Polish and Foreign Granites Used for Road and Lapidary Constructions in Poland by Tomasz Drzymała, Aneta Łukaszek-Chmielewska, Sylwia Lewicka, Joanna Stec, Barbara Piotrowska, Krzysztof Isajenko, Paweł Lipiński

“…Moreover, obtained results were compared with the international standard values given by the European Commission (EC), the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation given in UNSCEAR Reports, and the results of research from other laboratories.…”
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Evaluation of the natural radioactivity level of Nigerian tar sand deposits, eastern Dahomey basin, southwestern Nigeria by Akinmosin Adewale, Oladunjoye Michael A., Essien Fabian

“…The result was compared with the world mean values of 35, 30 and 400 Bq/kg, respectively, specified by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation. The mean result obtained for the radium equivalent, total absorbed dose rate, external hazard index, internal hazard index, and the annual effective dose equivalent, were 79.90 Bq/kg, 38.50 μSv/h, 0.22 Bq/kg, 0.29 Bq/kg, and 47.22 μSv, respectively. …”
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A Comprehensive Review of the Progress and Evaluation of the Thyroid Ultrasound Examination Program, the Fukushima Health Management Survey by Hiroki Shimura, Satoru Suzuki, Susumu Yokoya, Manabu Iwadate, Satoshi Suzuki, Takashi Matsuzuka, Noriko Setou, Tetsuya Ohira, Seiji Yasumura, Shinichi Suzuki, Hitoshi Ohto, Kenji Kamiya, Thyroid Ultrasound Examination Group

“…Together with the low thyroid absorbed radiation dose estimated in the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation 2020 report, our results suggested that the increased incidence of childhood thyroid cancer in Fukushima Prefecture was not caused by radiation exposure, but rather by the highly sensitive detection method. …”
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Activity concentrations and radiological hazard assessments of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K, and 137Cs in soil samples obtained from the Dongnam Institute of Radiological & Medical Scienc... by Jieun Lee, HyoJin Kim, Yong Uk Kye, Dong Yeon Lee, Wol Soon Jo, Chang Geun Lee, Jeung Kee Kim, Jeong-Hwa Baek, Yeong-Rok Kang

“…The activity of 226Ra and 232Th was lower than in Korean soils reported by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). …”
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Radionuclides Transfer from Soil to Tea Leaves and Estimation of Committed Effective Dose to the Bangladesh Populace by Nurul Absar, Jainal Abedin, Md. Mashiur Rahman, Moazzem Hossain Miah, Naziba Siddique, Masud Kamal, Mantazul Islam Chowdhury, Abdelmoneim Adam Mohamed Sulieman, Mohammad Rashed Iqbal Faruque, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker, David Andrew Bradley, Abdullah Alsubaie

“…The committed effective dose via the consumption of tea was estimated to be low in comparison with the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) reference ingestion dose limit of 290 μSv/y. …”
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Geogenic radon and thoron potential mapping in Johor State, Malaysia by Haruna, Rakiya

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Geogenic radon and thoron potential mapping in Johor State, Malaysia by Haruna, Rakiya

“…Hence, the inhalation doses estimated were well below the recommended limit set by United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) of 1260 |iSv y -1. …”
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Measurements of natural radioactivity in soil samples collected in the Kampinoski National Park by Łukaszek-Chmielewska Aneta, Girard Martin, Stawarz Olga, Piotrowska Barbara, Wojtkowski Karol, Isajenko Krzysztof

“…The results show that the mean values of radium equivalent activity (Raeq) and gamma absorbed dose rate (D) in the air, outdoor annual effective dose equivalent (Eout), and representative level index (Iγ) for analyzed samples were lower than the limit recommended by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). …”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of radon risk exposure from drinking water resources in Nigeria by Mohammed, Adamu Usman, Aris, Ahmad Zaharin, Ramli, Mohammad Firuz, Isa, Noorain Mohd, Suleiman Arabi, Abdullahi, Michael Orosun, Muyiwa

“…Excess Life Cancer Risk for infants, children, and adults attributed to the ingestion and inhalation of radon from various drinking water sources exceeded the recommended values of 0.2 x 10−3 established by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). …”

Radon concentration measurement and effective dose assessment in drinking groundwater for the adult population in the surrounding area of a thermal power plant by Mukesh Kumar, Pankaj Kumar, Anshu Agrawal, B. K. Sahoo

“…The mean value of total annual effective doses is found to be higher than the reference dose level of 100 μSvy−1 recommended by the WHO and the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR). …”
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RADIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF THE CONCENTRATION AND IMPACT OF OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES IN ERUEMUKOHWARIEN AREA OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA by Mohammed S. Chaanda, Agbalagba Ezekiel, Felix Igede

“…Most of the results obtained showed that the general environment of the rig site is slightly above the permissible absorbed dose rate threshold of 0.15(µSv/hr) recommended by the United Nation Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) in 2009. …”
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Detection of minor and trace elements in powdered milk by Ashraf Hamid, M. Abd El-Samad, N.F. Soliman, H.A. Hanafi

“…The specific activity of 226Ra ranged from 24.5 ± 2.1 to 114 ± 1.2 Bq/kg, 232Th from 8 ± 1 to 14 ± 1.2 Bq/kg and 40K from 444 ± 28 to 1826.1 ± 3.1 Bq/kg, all of which were higher than the activities corresponding to the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effect of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) (50, 50 and 500 Bq/kg for 226Ra, 232Th and 40K, respectively). …”
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