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BIO Web Conf.
Volume 141, 2024
IX International Scientific Conference on Agricultural Science 2024 “Current State, Problems and Prospects for the Development of Agricultural Science” (AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE 2024)
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| Article Number | 04001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 12 | |
| Section | Agriculture and Agri-food Systems | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202414104001 | |
| Published online | 21 November 2024 | |
Radon concentrations and radiological risks in canned meats using etching technique
1 University of Kufa, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, Al-Najaf, Iraq
2 General Directorate for Education in Najaf/ Department for Vocational Education in Najaf, Al- Najaf, Iraq
* Corresponding author: ali.alhameedawi@uokufa.edu.iq
This study evaluated the radon gas concentration of different samples of fresh canned meat available in Iraqi markets. A solid-state nuclear track detector (CR-39) uses a chemical etching technique for 1 hour at a temperature of 98°C in NaOH (6.25 N) concentrations. All radon, radium, and uranium concentrations were in an average value of 0.0461±0.0093Bq/kg 0.0041±0.00083 Bq/kg, and 0.0510±0.0103Bq/kg respectively. Also, radiological risks of annual effective doses were determined and found with Average values of 0.5066±0.1006 µSv/year, and also, excess live cancer risk was 1.773±0.3522. At the same time, all these values for infants, children, and adults were all within a safe limit. SPSS program version 26.0 showed descriptive statistics, histogram distribution and box plot, which shows that all values with normal distribution and some sample values were outliers. Finally, all values were within acceptable limits according to many international health organizations WHO, EPA, and ICRP and did not poss any hazard on human healt.
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