{"title":"Evaluation of Radon Exhalation from Vegetables with Estimation of the Lifetime Radiological Cancer Risk","authors":"K. K. M. Amin, N. F. Salih","doi":"10.1134/S1066362225040174","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The natural radioactivity levels in vegetable samples and the radon concentrations in 18 different types of vegetables collected from Bazyan location in Kurdistan Iraqi region were determined. CR-39 detector with a PVC tube was used to record the tracks density of alpha particles emitted by radon from vegetable samples. The results showed that the concentration of radon released from vegetable samples ranged from highest value of 311 Bq m<sup>–3</sup> in sample A12 (green peppers) to lowest value 9.8 Bq.m<sup>–3</sup> in sample A10 (wild rocket) with the average concentration of 162 Bq m<sup>–3</sup>. The concentrations of radon released from vegetable samples were lower than the global permissible limit of the exposure to radon according to International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 200–800 Bq m<sup>–3</sup>, and lower than the limit in foods, 400 Bq m<sup>–3</sup>, according to ICRP. Thus, the samples studied pose no health risks.</p>","PeriodicalId":747,"journal":{"name":"Radiochemistry","volume":"67 4","pages":"552 - 560"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Radiochemistry","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1066362225040174","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The natural radioactivity levels in vegetable samples and the radon concentrations in 18 different types of vegetables collected from Bazyan location in Kurdistan Iraqi region were determined. CR-39 detector with a PVC tube was used to record the tracks density of alpha particles emitted by radon from vegetable samples. The results showed that the concentration of radon released from vegetable samples ranged from highest value of 311 Bq m–3 in sample A12 (green peppers) to lowest value 9.8 Bq.m–3 in sample A10 (wild rocket) with the average concentration of 162 Bq m–3. The concentrations of radon released from vegetable samples were lower than the global permissible limit of the exposure to radon according to International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 200–800 Bq m–3, and lower than the limit in foods, 400 Bq m–3, according to ICRP. Thus, the samples studied pose no health risks.
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Radiochemistry is a journal that covers the theoretical and applied aspects of radiochemistry, including basic nuclear physical properties of radionuclides; chemistry of radioactive elements and their compounds; the occurrence and behavior of natural and artificial radionuclides in the environment; nuclear fuel cycle; radiochemical analysis methods and devices; production and isolation of radionuclides, synthesis of labeled compounds, new applications of radioactive tracers; radiochemical aspects of nuclear medicine; radiation chemistry and after-effects of nuclear transformations.
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