Assessing Radioactivity Levels in Agricultural Soil: A Comparative Study of Traditional vs. Modern Fertilization Techniques in Tunisian Oases

Assessing Radioactivity Levels in Agricultural Soil: A Comparative Study of Traditional vs. Modern Fertilization Techniques in Tunisian Oases | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Research Article Assessing Radioactivity Levels in Agricultural Soil: A Comparative Study of Traditional vs. Modern Fertilization Techniques in Tunisian Oases Sofiene Tayar, Borhan Tellili, Chedly Souga, Youssef Elmahroug This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-4510103/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract To establish a radiological national reference for agricultural soil across Tunisian oases and assess the risk to human health associated with date consumption, with a focus on comparing the impact of traditional and modern fertilization, radiological parameters and activity levels of ²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th, and ⁴⁰K were determined for 27 oases. These oases were located in three southern Tunisian governorates. The activity concentration of ²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th, and ⁴⁰K were measured using a 3×3 inch NaI(Tl) scintillation detector, which were found to be 21.82 ± 1.0 , 26.51 ± 1.1 and 559.21 ± 23.0 respectively for traditional oases and 26.56 ± 1.2 , 24.45 ± 1.1 and 661.28 ± 26.3 respectively for modern oases. In addition, Ambient dose equivalent rate were measured using a multipurpose Hand-held radiation CsI(Tl) detector, which were found to be 0.075 µSv/h in traditional oases and 0.078 µSv/h in modern oases. The resulting radiological parameters and activity concentrations were then compared to results from neighboring countries and the average soil activity worldwide. Natural Radioactivity Gamma spectrometry NaI(Tl) Oases Soil Tunisia Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. 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