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Uranium and Its Correlation with other Geogenic Contaminants in Ground Water of Ganga Yamuna Doab, Fatehpur District, Uttar Pradesh, India

2020; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 95; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s12594-020-1444-x

0974-6889

Ram Prakash, K. G. Bhartariya, Supriya Singh, Karam Singh, Madhavi Rajak, Y. B. Kaushik,

Radioactive element chemistry and processing

Abstract Uranium is a naturally occurring radioactive element present throughout the environment, atmosphere, food, soil, rocks, and natural waters along with Pb, Cr, As, Zn & Fe. The exposure to the elements may rise in the cases wherever potable water is obtained directly from geogenically affected ground water sources. The uranium impacts are primarily from its chemical activities, instead of long-run tomographical toxic effects, which may lead to urinary organ damage and its non functional. Uranium in 17% ground water samples has been found beyond limit along with other health effecting toxic metals (Pb, Cr, Mn, Fe, As, Zn) in Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh bordered by Ganga and Yamuna rivers in the north and south respectively. The affirmative values of uranium on liquid scintillation counter was observed in positive correlation with chromium and lead near the interface of the saturated-unsaturated zone, while zinc, arsenic and iron were very poorly correlated.