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Radiosynthesis, Quality Control, and Small Animal Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of 68Ga-Labelled Nano Molecules
Published on: October 4, 2024
Analysis of radioactivity in commercially available products aiming to improve health and wellness
Rimon Thomas1, Eva Forssell-Aronsson1,2, Martin Hjellström1
1Department of Medical Radiation Sciences, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg SE-413 45, Sweden.
Abstract:
There are products available on the online market that are claim to contain unique 'energies' that can improve health and wellness by eliminating toxins and pains and energising food and drinking water. We investigated these products by alpha and gamma spectrometry, and the analysis showed that they contained a few to hundreds of kilobecquerels per kilogram of naturally occurring radionuclides from the 232Th and 238U series. The committed effective dose for an adult drinking water that had been in contact with these products just once was estimated to 12 nSv. Considering a worst-case scenario for the workers inhaling the radioactive substance, 1 d of work would result in an effective dose of 0.39 mSv. The product descriptions do not mention the radionuclide content, and concerns are raised for the consumers and workers exposed to these products with no knowledge of the radioactive content.
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