Fission track estimation of uranium concentrations in liquid homeopathic medicine samples

Research and applications of nuclear tracks: Developments in Pakistan and global comparison

“…Dosimetry Use of SSNTDs for radon dosimetery is the most flourishing area around the globe over the past more than 20 years [70]. In Pakistan, there have been three main groups working on the use of SSNTDs for radon measurement by Jamil and colleagues [71][72][73][74][75][76], Matiullah and colleagues [77][78][79][80][81][82][83] and Tufail and colleagues [84,85]. These groups worked on measurement of radon, thoron and progenies and effective doses to different relevant communities around the Pakistan territory.…”

“…and Other Environment A number of investigations have been carried out at PINSTECH aimed at determination of stable and radioanuclides in drinking water and other eatables, material particulates, quantification of industrial air pollutants using FDT, neutron activation and nuclear track microfilters [82][83][84]. Quantification of uranium in drinking water can be helpful for providing guidelines to the general public and necessary protective measures.…”

Neutron Induced Fission Track Estimation of Uranium Concentration and Its Associated Health Hazards in Drinking Water of the Faisalabad Industrial City

“…Uranium has been extensively studied in soil, minerals, rocks, sand, plants, food and water [1,3,9,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Due to industrialization, most of the drinking water sources have been polluted in industrial cities of Pakistan [21][22][23][24].…”

“…In this context, an industrial city of the Faisalabad city was chosen. Drinking water samples were collected from different locations of the city (see, Figure 1) and ura- WJNST nium concentration in these samples were estimated using Neutron Induced Fission Track Technique [2,3,14,15,18,25,26]. Main objective of this investigation was to save the people from harmful effect of uranium if any because the people of city use this water for drinking and other domestic purposes.…”

“…Main objective of this investigation was to save the people from harmful effect of uranium if any because the people of city use this water for drinking and other domestic purposes. The Neutron Induced Fission Track Technique has been applied for determination of uranium in solid and liquid samples by many workers [3,14,15,18,27,28]. This technique is based on using 235 U (n, f) reaction whose fission cross-section is 4.2 barns for thermal neutron.…”