Lifetime cancer risk increase due to consumption of some foods from a High Background Radiation Area

Appl Radiat Isot. 2021 Jul 3;176:109855. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2021.109855. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

Activity concentration (AC) in foods produced and commonly consumed in a High Background Radiation Area (HBRA) was analyzed. The AC were obtained by spectrophotometry and by the radiochemical separation method. The AC were up to 10⁴ times higher than the AC for both UNSCEAR suggested values and non-HBRA. It was noted that the lifetime cancer risk was increased in 4 decimal places, taking the risk from the “statistically negligible range” (<10^-6) to “middle range” (between 10^-4 and 10^-6).

PMID:34246164 | DOI:10.1016/j.apradiso.2021.109855