Radiation Hormesis: High-Radiation Dose Equivalents in Hot Springs Enhancing Curative Practices

Abstract

The present study introduces records of radiation doses due to Natural Radioactivity measured in the investigations we have already carried out in various natural curative resources in Jordan, major of them include mineral and hot springs and the salt water and the volcanic mud of the Dead Sea. The investigated spots, in this study and other related studies, are located in Tafila, Irbid, Karak, and the Dead Sea. These data emphasis on new findings of different radiation dose rates, to identify the impacts of radiation exposures on public health. Using the assumption of radiation-Hormesis model about the astonishing effects of natural radiation doses, the author recommends that these doses existing in the investigated areas, improve the people health and increase average life span with less disease, and decrease incidence of cancer. This benefit will be added to promote health tourism, which have a tendency to be more active, and more competitive, where it challenges other kinds of tourism.