Assessment of The Annual Effective Dose of Bottled Mineral Waters Using Closed Can Technique
Journal Title: JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN PHYSICS - Year 0, Vol 14, Issue 3
Abstract
Water is the most important substance for life. Mineral waters are widely used as drinking water, and so that, it is important to determine the radon levels, and its risk in drinking water for public health and radiation protection. Radon concentration has been measured in the bottled natural mineral water samples commercially available in the Egyptian local market, using closed can technique. Radon concentration in water samples ranged from 0.93 - 6.89 Bql-1 and total annual effective dose ranged from 3.49 - 25.93 µSvy-1. The results indicate that radon concentrations in water samples lower than the recommended limit 11.1BqL-1 by EPA, and the annual effective dose of the samples are lower than the permissible international limit by EPA and WHO. The obtained results indicate that there is no significant public radiological risk related to radon ingested with drinking water in the present study.
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Hesham A. Yousef
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