Estimated of U, Rn and Po Concentrations in Smokers Blood Samples Collected from Babylon, Iraq
Haider K. Obaed, Murtadha Sh. Aswood
Abstract
Abstract Because of the greats pressures on humans, there are resorted to smoking without knowing its effects on health. Such symptoms include adult lung cancer, cardiovascular, respiratory infections, kidney failure, congenital abnormalities and chronic bronchitis. Uranium and radon estimation has carried out in 100 smoker and Non-smoker blood samples from Babylon, Iraq, using solid state nuclear track detector (CR-39). The results have been shown the total uranium concentrations in blood smokers and non-smokers samples to be 1.02 ± 0.26 ppb and 0.86 ± 0.17 ppb respectively. On the other side, the total concentrations of radon in blood smokers and non-smokers samples 4.98 ± 0.79 Bqm −3 and 3.59 ± 0.28 Bqm −3 respectively. The total concentrations of uranium and radon in blood samples of smokers are greater than non- smokers blood samples. While, the total polonium (POW) and (POS) for smoker and non- smoker samples to be 0.527 KBqm −3 - 0.127 KBqm −3 and from 0.378 KBqm −3 to 0.091 KBqm–3 respectively. These studies conclude the smoking causes an increase in the concentration of uranium and radon and polonium in the blood of smokers.