Abstract
This study shows the assessment of radiation hazard parameters due to terrestrial radionuclide's in soil around the residential areas near the stores of fertilizer and pesticides, Al Jazeera agricultural project Radiation hazard parameters were was computed. These include excess lifetime cancer risk, annual gonadal dose equivalent hazard index, radium equivalent activity and external hazard. Obtained result indicates that some of the radiation hazard parameters, the average value excess lifetime cancer risk (ELCR) 0.12 × 10<sup>-3</sup> μSv, were found to be lower than the UNSCEAR reported value of 0.29 × 10<sup>−3</sup> μSv (UNSCEAR 2000), and that of average annual gonadal dose equivalent hazard index 214.59 µSVyear<sup>-1</sup>, the average value of AGDE in the region is the lower than worldwide average of 300 μSv/y (UNSCEAR 2000). the average radium equivalent Ra<sub>eq</sub> (Bqkg<sup>-1</sup>) 64.3 Bqkg<sup>-1</sup>. The average external hazard index (H<sub>ex</sub>) 0.18, the calculated H<sub>ex</sub> values for all the samples were found to be below unity, which does not cause harm to the populations of the investigated region. Radiation hazard parameters due to terrestrial radionuclide's in the soil samples were compared to the international values reported by United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR, 2000) and previous studies on the region.
Highlights
To obtain information about the levels of harmful pollutants that are found in the same environment in which living organisms live so it is necessary to understand the evolution of natural radionuclide's in the surrounding environment all this information is used for the presence of signs related to radiological assessments in the environment unstable radionuclide's that occur naturally in Earth's fixed core crust from which natural ionizing radiation is produced from nuclear transformations that occur spontaneously [1]
The pesticide can reach the pet by skin or mouth by eating or drinking pesticide-contaminated substances, Farmers who use fertilizers in agriculture and workers who work in the production of fertilizers and pesticides are exposed to gamma radiation which is external exposure to radiation as well as alpha particles, which expose the internal human body to radiation emitted by the radionuclide's of the uranium, thorium and potassium series when inhaling radon and its strain that produces alpha particles that The human body is exposed to it internally which leads to lung cancer when the dose reaches the respiratory system directly [2]
Radiation emitted from fertilizer has the potential to When farmers and workers are exposed to a high level of use of fertilizers and pesticides the natural radioactivity in fertilizers and pesticides must be monitored which is very important for human protection in accordance with the Natural Radiation Protection Law [6]
Summary
To obtain information about the levels of harmful pollutants that are found in the same environment in which living organisms live so it is necessary to understand the evolution of natural radionuclide's in the surrounding environment all this information is used for the presence of signs related to radiological assessments in the environment unstable radionuclide's that occur naturally in Earth's fixed core crust from which natural ionizing radiation is produced from nuclear transformations that occur spontaneously [1]. The pesticide can reach the pet by skin or mouth by eating or drinking pesticide-contaminated substances, Farmers who use fertilizers in agriculture and workers who work in the production of fertilizers and pesticides are exposed to gamma radiation which is external exposure to radiation as well as alpha particles, which expose the internal human body to radiation emitted by the radionuclide's of the uranium, thorium and potassium series when inhaling radon and its strain that produces alpha particles that The human body is exposed to it internally which leads to lung cancer when the dose reaches the respiratory system directly [2]. Studying the natural radioactivity in the soil to assess the radiation dose to which humans are exposed which causes future health risks in the environment surrounding the population and because of the changes that occur in the environment natural radioactive materials can reach dangerous levels in certain circumstances [1, 5]. Phosphate rocks form the largest part of the rocks and some of the phosphorous elements present in abundance in the rocks [10, 11]
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