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Solubility of uranium and thorium from a healing earth in synthetic gut fluids: A case study for use in dose assessments.
Sci. Total Environ. 408, 5794-5800 (2010)
The aim of this case study was to estimate the bioaccessibility of uranium ((238)U) and thorium ((232)Th) from a healing earth by analysing the solubility of these radionuclides in synthetic gastric and intestinal fluids. An easy applicable in vitro test system was used to investigate the fractional mobilization of the soil contaminants being potentially available for absorption under human in vivo conditions. These findings provided the basis for a prospective dose assessment. The solubility experiments were performed using two different in vitro digestion methods. The concentrations of (238)U and (232)Th in the solutions extracted from the soil were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The dissolved fractions in the synthetic gastrointestinal fluid ranged in average from 10.3% to 13.8% for (238)U and from 0.3% to 1.6% for (232)Th, respectively, depending on the digestion method. Subsequently, the committed effective doses from intake of (238)U and (232)Th after ingestion of the healing earth during 1 year were evaluated for adult persons. Thereby ingestion dose coefficients calculated as a function of bioaccessibility were used. The dose assessments ranged between 4.3×10(-7)-1.9×10(-6) Sv y(-1) for (238)U and 5.6×10(-7)-3.3×10(-6) Sv y(-1) for (232)Th, respectively. On the basis of the assumptions and estimations made, the present work indicates a relatively low radiation risk due to (238)U and (232)Th after internal exposure of the healing earth.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
Uranium; Thorium; Bioaccessibility; Soil; Ingestion; Dose assessments
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2010
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2010
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0048-9697
e-ISSN
1879-1026
Zeitschrift
Science of the Total Environment, The
Quellenangaben
Band: 408,
Heft: 23,
Seiten: 5794-5800
Verlag
Elsevier
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Research Unit Medical Radiation Physics and Diagnostics (AMSD)
Institute of Radiation Protection (ISS)
Institute of Radiation Protection (ISS)
POF Topic(s)
30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
Forschungsfeld(er)
Radiation Sciences
PSP-Element(e)
G-503600-001
G-501100-002
G-501100-002
PubMed ID
20832099
Scopus ID
77958110834
Erfassungsdatum
2010-10-27