Assessment of Radiation Dose from the Consumption of Bottled Drinking Water in Japan.
Authors
Kinahan, AoifeHosoda, Masahiro
Kelleher, Kevin
Tsujiguchi, Takakiyo
Akata, Naofumi
Tokonami, Shinji
Currivan, Lorraine
León Vintró, Luis
Issue Date
2020-07-11Keywords
JapanWHO
artificial radionuclides
bottled water
dose assessment
effective dose
guidance level
ingestion
natural radionuclides
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International journal of environmental research and public healthDOI
10.3390/ijerph17144992PubMed ID
32664497Abstract
Activity concentrations of 234U, 235U, 238U, 226Ra, 228Ra, 222Rn, 210Po, 210Pb, 40K, 3H, 14C, 134Cs and 137Cs were determined in 20 different Japanese bottled drinking water commercially available in Japan. The origins of the mineral water samples were geographically distributed across different regions of Japan. Activity concentrations above detection limits were measured for the radionuclides 234U, 235U, 238U, 226Ra, 228Ra and 210Po. An average total annual effective dose due to ingestion was estimated for adults, based on the average annual volume of bottled water consumed in Japan in 2019, reported to be 31.7 L/y per capita. The estimated dose was found to be below the recommended World Health Organisation (WHO) guidance level of 0.1 mSv/y for drinking water quality. The most significant contributor to the estimated dose was 228Ra.Item Type
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enEISSN
1660-4601ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3390/ijerph17144992
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