Drinking Water Problems:Radionuclides - TWON

Radionuclides are types of atoms that areradioactive. The most common radionu-clides in Drinking Water are radium , radonand uranium. Most of the radionuclides in Drinking Water occur nat-urally at very low levels and are not considered a pub-lic health concern. However, radionuclides can also bedischarged into Drinking Water from human activity,such as from active nuclear power plants or other facil-ities that make or use radioactive who are exposed to relatively high levels ofradionuclides in Drinking Water for long periods maydevelop serious health problems, such as cancer, ane-mia, osteoporosis, cataracts, bone growths, kidneydisease, liver disease and impaired immune are the Sources of Radionuclides in Water ?Radiation comes from outer space, from the groundand even from within our own bodies. Radiation is allaround us and has been present since the birth of thisplanet. Most of the radionuclides present in Drinking Water arefrom natural sources. Naturally occurring radionuclidesare created in the upper atmosphere and are found inthe Earth s crust.

R adionuclides are types of atoms that are radioactive. The most common radionu-clides in drinking water are radium, radon and uranium. Most of the radionuclides in …

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