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Evaluation of uranium containing ground water quality and non-carcinogenic risk assessment in inhabitant of Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh, Central India

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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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The authors would like to express deepest thanks and gratitude to the National Institute of Technology, Raipur for the support and providing laboratory facilities to conduct this experiment.

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    Mayank Singh & Kavita Tapadia

  2. Department of Geology, National Institute of Technology, Raipur, CG, India

    Dalchand Jhariya

  3. Bharat Oil and Waste Management Ltd., Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

    Pokhraj Sahu

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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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