Open AccessEvaluation of the radiological hazard in some dried fruit and grain samples in Iraqi Markets by Using of gamma ray Spectroscopy
Author(s) -
Athraa Naji Jameel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1879/3/032056
Subject(s) - ingestion , dried fruit , effective dose (radiation) , absorbed dose rate , zoology , toxicology , chemistry , radiochemistry , food science , nuclear medicine , absorbed dose , medicine , biology , dosimetry , biochemistry
The activity concentrations of 226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K have been measured by using of gamma spectroscopy for fifteen samples fall under the consumed food group (six type of dried fruit and nine types of grain) at local markets in Baghdad. The average of activity concentration values of 40 K, 232 Th and 238 U were 324.4±28.5 Bq/Kg, 3.66±0.20 Bq/kg and 3.44±0.58 Bq/kg, for the dried fruit samples, 302.3± 98.9, 4.8±1.5 and 4.29 ±1.4 Bq/kg, respectively. For the grain samples, radiation hazard indices, the annual effective dose, internal and external risk, lifetime cancer, and the doses of ingestion, were all doses values within the international borders allowed. Thus, Food the dried fruit and grain in Baghdad is safe for human consumption and it has no heath effect.