Seasonal monitoring of radon and radium in “healing water” from the Smrdliva Voda locality, Republic of North Macedonia

Tasev, Goran and Gjorgjiev, Lazar and Boev, Blazo (2024) Seasonal monitoring of radon and radium in “healing water” from the Smrdliva Voda locality, Republic of North Macedonia. Geologica Macedonica, 38 (1). pp. 65-78. ISSN ISSN 1857 – 8586

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Abstract

Our current study focused on seasonal measurements of radon and radium in drinking water from the public water fountain known as Smrdliva Voda, which is believed to help with certain health problems in humans.
Results of the radon in water measurements, for all 4 seasons, ranged from 3.94 up to 7.15 Bq l–1. Obtained results for the radium in water, for all 4 seasons as well, ranged from 0.25 up to 0.53 Bq l–1. Both, radon and radium measurements, in water samples from this certain fountain have shown values below the strictest standards given by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and World Health Organization (WHO), respectively. The committed
effective dose for the population consuming the water directly from the fountain or as self-bottled waters from
the Smrdliva Voda area was estimated using the concentration of 222Rn and 226Ra in water samples, ranges from 40.51 µSv y–1 to 75.81 µSv y–1, which once again for all 4 seasons is below than the WHO recommended values of maximum 100 µSv y–1.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Natural sciences > Earth and related environmental sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences
Depositing User:	Goran Tasev
Date Deposited:	03 Jul 2024 07:15
Last Modified:	03 Jul 2024 07:15
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/34412

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