Radioactivity concentration and radiological risk assessment of beach sand along the coastline in the Mediterranean Sea

A Abbasi, HMH Zakaly, BM Alotaibi - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
A radiological baseline survey was conducted using a calculation analysis to assess the 226
Ra, 232 Th, 40 K, and 137 Cs distribution in beach sand samples collected from the coastal …

Mechanism of elevated radioactivity in Teesta river basin from Bangladesh: radiochemical characterization, provenance and associated hazards

R Khan, HMT Islam, ARMT Islam - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
This work presents a river basin (Teesta River, Bangladesh) which possesses significantly
higher radioactivity compared to other freshwater basins around the globe. A total of thirty …

Baseline levels of natural radionuclides concentration in sediments East coastline of North Cyprus

A Abbasi, HMH Zakaly, F Mirekhtiary - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, surface sediment samples from the North Cyprus East coast of the
Mediterranean Sea were collected to determine the concentrations of three main natural …

Radiation exposure and health concerns associated with the environmental geochemistry of relatively higher radioactivity in a fresh water basin

R Khan, MS Basir, SZ Akhi, AH Anik, S Hossain… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study was carried out on a negligible anthropogenically impacted Indo-Bangla
transboundary river basin (Atrai, Bangladesh) to elicit radionuclides' and elemental …

Environmental geochemistry of higher radioactivity in a transboundary Himalayan River sediment (Brahmaputra, Bangladesh): potential radiation exposure and health …

R Khan, HMT Islam, MAS Apon, ARMT Islam… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
This study of a downstream segment (Brahmaputra, Bangladesh) of one of the longest
transboundary (China-India-Bangladesh) Himalayan rivers reveals elevated radioactivity …

The status of natural radioactivity in Nigerian environments

MA Olatunji, MU Khandaker, VUJ Nwankwo… - Radiation and …, 2022 - Springer
Proper documentation of baseline radiation data of different environments is an important
step toward adequate environmental monitoring, and it provides quick means to …

Exploring the alteration of environmental radioactivity in terms of compositional elements of heavy minerals in an anthropogenically affected urban river: Radiological …

SZ Akhi, R Khan, MS Basir, MA Habib, MA Islam… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study explored the alteration of naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs: 226
Ra (≈ 238 U), 232 Th, 40 K) in an anthropogenically disrupted urban river-basin (Turag …

Assessment of radiological indices and physiochemical characterization of sediments in Chashma Lake, Pakistan

M Khan, MZ Chaudhary, EU Khan, J Abid… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Twenty surface sediment samples were gathered from Chasma Lake, deciding the
radionuclides 137Cs, 226Ra, 228Ra, 232Th, and 40K and their associated hazard indices …

[HTML][HTML] NORMs distribution in the dust samples from the educational institutions of Megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh: Radiological risk assessment

MJ Abedin, R Khan - Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
This study demonstrates the specific radioactivities of primordial radionuclides in dust
samples collected from educational institutions of the megacity Dhaka, Bangladesh …

Fractionation of environmental radioactivity in road dust from a megacity: external and internal health risks

R Khan, MA Habib, U Tamim, T Kormoker… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs: 232Th, 226Ra, 40K) can reach our
respiratory system by breathing of road dust which can cause severe health risks. Targeting …