Abstract-Thirteen samples of eye cosmetics including five samples of artificial eye cosmetics and eight samples of traditional eyeliner (kohl) were collected from various Arabic markets, and analyzed using inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometer (ICP-OES) to assess concentrations of the most toxic elements (arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg) and lead (Pb)), and high purity germanium detector (HPGe) to determine radioactivity concentrations of the natural radionuclides 238 U, 235 U, 226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K. The average concentrations of the elements As, Cd, Hg and Pb are a bit high in some samples in a way that they might cause some harm to human health, while the average values of the activity concentrations for 238 U, 235 U, 226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K are not that high. Annual absorbed amounts of heavy elements from daily applied kohl were calculated based on roughly assumption that about 50 % of the applied kohl is absorbed into the body. An appropriate simulation has been done for the eye using the MCNP code to estimate the dose rate of the lens of the eye as a result of using contaminated kohl.
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