Determination of strontium in drinking water and consequences of radioactive elements present in drinking water for human health

Abstract

In this paper the analysis of strontium and uranium content in drinking water has been done, indirectly, according to the scale which originates from drinking water in water-supply system of the city of Belgrade. Gamaspectrometric analysis showed the presence of free natural radionuclide in low activities. The activity of 90Sr in scale which is 0.72±0.11 Bq/kg was determined by radiochemical. Because of the small quantities of fur in the house heater this activity can be considered as irrelevant, but the accumulation of scale can have intensified influence. In this paper, the analysis of effects of the radioactive isotopes presence (first of all 238U and 235U) in drinking water on human health has been done. .

Keywords

• drinking water
• long lived radionuclides
• uranium
• strontium
• scale
• low-level ionizing radiation
• kidney
• chemical toxicity