Assessment of radiological biological risks in samples of medicinal plants in Iraq

¹ Department of biotechnology, college of science, University of Baghdad, Iraq
² College of science Department of biotechnology, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
³ Department of Biotechnology,College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
⁴ University of Kufa, College of Science, Department of Geology, Kufa, Iraq
⁵ Department of Basic Science, College of Dentistry, Al-Iraqia University, Baghdad, Iraq

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Abstract

The aim of this research sought to assess the background radiati on levels of medicinal plant samples in Iraq.The D, AED, and ELCRThe D values are 0.164 ± 0.006 µSv/h.The radiation dose outputs from the afore mentioned research were juxtaposed with the safety threshold of 0.247 µSv/h set by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) in 2008 and the National Council on Radiation Pr otection and Measurements (NCRP) in 2009.The radiation exposure for all samples in this investigation is within the permissible limits.Additionally, t he AED values obtained from microsieverts per hour are (1.31 ±0.0326 mS v/y), indicating variability, with a maximum permissible limit of 2.4 mSv/y ear, as per the 2008 United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) and the 2009 National Council on Radiatio n Protection and Measurements (NCRP).The statistics demonstrate that all detected AED levels during sample testing were below safety thresholds.T he ELCR×103 values exhibited variability, with an average of (4.486 ±0.1 26).The background radiation levels in these facilities are deemed safe, and their use does not provide any substantial danger of radiation exposure.