Effect of NORM in snack foods on children’s health in Iraq
Abstrak
Food products contained varying amounts of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM), and these differences were ascribed to such as climate, farming techniques, and background radiation levels. It is acknowledged that these radionuclides are the primary reasons why people are exposed to radiation internally. Of the radionuclides found in nature, the ones from the decay series of 238U, 232Th, and 40K are the ones that should be protected against radiation the most. The levels of natural radioactivity in snack foods consumed by primary school-age (6–12 years) children is measured with a detector for NaI(Tl) gamma-ray spectroscopy. The range values of activity per unit mass (specific activity) of 238U, 232Th, and 40K were 12.32 to 28.41, 1 to 17.4, and 375.16 to 686.8 Bq/kg, respectively. According to UNSCEAR and ICRP, the excess lifetime cancer risk and total annual effective dose rate were below acceptable levels in the majority of the samples under study.
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Awsam Abdulsattar Marzaali
Ali Abid Abojassim
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- 2025
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- 10.22141/2224-0551.20.7.2025.1923
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