Límites máximos recomendados y permisibles de Radon-222 en agua y aire: Revisión sistemática

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v11i15.36761

Palabras clave:

Radiación natural; Leyes para el Radón 222; Contaminación del agua potable y del aire por radiación; Cáncer de pulmón por radiación; 222Rn; Límites de radón.

Resumen

El radón-222 es un gas radiactivo que, cuando se inhala en altas concentraciones, puede dañar la salud humana. Sin embargo, existen varios límites de radón-222 recomendados y máximos permitidos en el agua y el aire en la comunidad internacional. Por lo tanto, esta investigación tuvo como objetivo evaluar los límites máximos recomendados y permitidos de Radon-222 en agua potable y aire interior en la comunidad internacional, indicando las organizaciones más referenciadas en los estudios de Radon-222 a través de una revisión sistemática. Los resultados indican que existe una variación de hasta un 1000% entre los límites establecidos para las concentraciones de Radón en el aire indicados por ICRP y US EPA. Para el agua, el límite máximo establecido por EURATOM es 90 veces superior al establecido por la US EPA. También se evidenció mayor relevancia en cuanto a la presencia de Radón-222 en el aire, debido a su potencial para desprenderse de diversos medios físicos, como la agitación del agua, su ocurrencia en materiales de construcción y su liberación por suelo contaminado. Finalmente, también se encontró que los límites impuestos por la US EPA para la presencia de Radon-222 en agua y aire fueron los parámetros más utilizados para la comparación en la comunidad científica y que cerca del 80% de los estudios evaluados reportaron de una dos fuentes que proponían Límites de radón-222 en aire y agua.

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12/11/2022

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CATÃO, R. de L. C. M. do R. .; FEITOSA, P. H. C. .; RODRIGUES, A. C. L. .; ALMEIDA, R. de A. C. .; BARBOSA, D. L. .; GUEDES, M. T. de J. C. . Límites máximos recomendados y permisibles de Radon-222 en agua y aire: Revisión sistemática. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 15, p. e144111536761, 2022. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v11i15.36761. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/36761. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

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