Measurement of natural radionuclides in Malaysian bottled mineral water and consequent health risk estimation

Journal Article · Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4931269· OSTI ID:22488978

Priharti, W.; Samat, S. B.; Yasir, M. S. ^[1]

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1. School of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor (Malaysia)

The radionuclides of {sup 226}Ra, {sup 232}Th and {sup 40}K were measured in ten mineral water samples, of which from the radioactivity obtained, the ingestion doses for infants, children and adults were calculated and the cancer risk for the adult was estimated. Results showed that the calculated ingestion doses for the three age categories are much lower than the average worldwide ingestion exposure of 0.29 mSv/y and the estimated cancer risk is much lower than the cancer risk of 8.40 × 10{sup −3} (estimated from the total natural radiation dose of 2.40 mSv/y). The present study concludes that the bottled mineral water produced in Malaysia is safe for daily human consumption.

• OSTI ID: 22488978
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1678, Issue 1; Conference: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Faculty of Science and Technology 2015 Postgraduate Colloquium, Selangor (Malaysia), 15-16 Apr 2015; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
HEALTH HAZARDS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
INFANTS
INGESTION
MALAYSIA
MINERALS
NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY
NEOPLASMS
POTASSIUM 40
QUALITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIUM 226
THORIUM 232
WATER