南非水中的辐射状况:一项审查
Abiola Olawale Ilori1, Naven Chetty1
1School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.
概括
在南非的放射性核酸污染.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 地质化学 地质化学
背景情况:
- 南非的水面临来自采矿,工业和地质学的放射性核化物污染.
- (U), (Th), (K) 和 (Ra) 的含量超过国际安全标准.
- 污染对公共卫生和水资源可持续性构成重大风险.
研究的目的:
- 审查南非水中的放射性核化物水平研究.
- 评估合规性和相关的健康风险.
- 确定改善水资源管理和公共卫生保护的需求.
主要方法:
- 关于南非水系统中放射性核素污染的同行评审研究的文献综述.
- 对报告中的放射性核酸度 (例如238U,235U,232Th,40K,226Ra) 的分析.
- 评估健康风险评估和遵守监管指南的评估.
主要成果:
- 一些水源的放射性核酸度超过了欧盟和世卫组织的限制.
- 在Mafikeng记录的最高235U活性为73.8 Bq/L;在Witwatersrand金矿附近的含量达到387.7 μg/L.
- 未经处理的水源经常超过12倍的总α/β活性极限.
- 健康风险评估表明癌症发病率和死亡率增加,特别是在女性中.
结论:
- 迫切需要持续监测和先进的水处理技术.
- 更严格的环境法规和执法至关重要.
- 提供更安全的水源对于公共卫生和可持续的水资源管理至关重要.
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