Transfer of 40K, 238U, 210Pb, and 210Po from soil to plant in various locations in south of Syria

Transmission of Natural Radiation from Soil to Maize Plants and Radiological Hazards Resulting from Consumption in Upper Egypt

“…The TF for a given type of plant and for a given radionuclide can vary considerably from one site to another, depending on several factors such as the chemical and physical properties of the soil, the environmental conditions, and the chemical form of the radionuclide in the soil. 3 The aim of this study is to measure the concentrations of 232 Th, 226 Ra, and 40 K, potential radiological hazards for farmers and populations, to provide background data on natural radioactive isotopes for the study region, as well as to quantify the presence of long-lived gamma emitters in maize consumed in EL-Mynia governorate, Egypt to determine a TF for natural radionuclides from soil to maize and estimate annual effective doses to the general public due to this consumption.…”

Transfer factors of 40K, 226Ra, 232Th from soil to different types of local vegetables, radiation hazard indices and their annual doses

“…Foodstuffs are known to contain natural and man-made radionuclides which after ingestion, contribute to an effective internal dose. Considerable efforts are being made by many authors in many part of the world to measure the activity of radionuclides in the edible parts of food crops (green vegetables, fruit vegetables, root vegetables, fruit, tubers, alliums, and cereals) [2,[6][7][8][9][10].…”

“…The soil-to-plant transfer factor (TF) is regarded as one of the most important parameters used in environmental safety assessment to estimate the amount of radioactivity that could be present in agricultural crops and estimating dose impact to human body [9][10][11].…”

“…TF from soil to food crops has been studied in many countries and found a significant difference in values [2,9,10,13,14]. TF depends on vegetation type, soil properties, climatic conditions and the type of radionuclides [9,15].…”

Transfer factors of226Ra,210Pb and210Po from NORM-contaminated oilfield soil to someAtriplexspecies,AlfalfaandBermuda grass

“…On the other hand, natural environmental radioactivity arises mainly from primordial radionuclides, such as 40 K, and the radionuclides from the 232 Th and 238 U series and their decay products are also considered important due to their contributions to the internal radiation dose. Several studies on transfer of natural radionuclides from soil to plants have been carried out in different regions in the world (Sheppard and Evenden, 1992;Martinez-Aguirre and Perianez, 1998;Ewers et al, 2003;Staven et al, 2003;Vera Tomé et al, 2003;Pulhani et al, 2005;Blanco Rodríguez et al, 2006Al-Masri et al, 2008).…”