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The present investigation focused on evaluation of uranium containing water quality and non-carcinogenic risk. The uranium was determined in the fifty-three groundwater samples ranged between 0.21 and 10.04 µg/L. The 30% of groundwater samples surpass the recommended limits (1.9 μg/L) and the chronic daily intake also exceeded recommended reference dose (0.6 µg/kg/day) in 6–6% samples for Infant and Children while it was found 8% for adults. Uranium has showing a positive correlation with TDS, electrical conductivity, chloride, Total hardness, calcium, magnesium, and total alkalinity. This investigation creates awareness among the people about purity and quality of groundwater.
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Singh, M., Tapadia, K., Jhariya, D. et al. Evaluation of uranium containing ground water quality and non-carcinogenic risk assessment in inhabitant of Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh, Central India. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 327, 939–947 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07572-0
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