Table 3
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Comparison of natural radioactivity concentrations (Bq kg−1) with similar studies in Tanzania and other countries.

Country/region40K232Th238UReference
Villages near the Manyoni Uranium Deposit Area, Tanzania20778302Present Study
Mkuju, Tanzania5643652[22]
Bahi, Tanzania496–80835–10511–34[23]
West of Manyoni, Tanzania47–20512–4923–835[23]
Homa Mountain, Kenya916410195[12]
Kapchorwa District Uganda1339 |$\pm$| 6561  |$\pm$|448  |$\pm$|4[24]
Metekel Zone, Ethiopia3307064[25]
Phosphate rock storage facility in Richards Bay, South Africa147|$\pm$| 6332|$\pm$|1228|$\pm$|11[26]
Uranium Deposit of Kitongo, Cameroon592|$\pm$|12527|$\pm$|499|$\pm$|24[27]
Mali41 |$-$|62720|$-$|18117|$-$|105[28]
Uranium-rich area Mounana SE Gabon355 |$\pm$| 9363 |$\pm$| 142811 |$\pm$|198[11]
Coastaline area of Ado-Odo/Ota, Nigeria134  |$\pm$|1794 |$\pm$| 740 |$\pm$| 9[29]
Proposed Uranium Mining (Lambapur, Peddagattu, and Seripally, India).807 |$\pm$|256231|$\pm$|8948|$\pm$|22[30]
Rize Turkey36–91410–1717–80[31]
Xiangshan uranium deposits, Jiangxi, Eastern China618 |$\pm$|3693 ± 28119 |$\pm$| 97[7]
World average for soil4204533[1]
Country/region40K232Th238UReference
Villages near the Manyoni Uranium Deposit Area, Tanzania20778302Present Study
Mkuju, Tanzania5643652[22]
Bahi, Tanzania496–80835–10511–34[23]
West of Manyoni, Tanzania47–20512–4923–835[23]
Homa Mountain, Kenya916410195[12]
Kapchorwa District Uganda1339 |$\pm$| 6561  |$\pm$|448  |$\pm$|4[24]
Metekel Zone, Ethiopia3307064[25]
Phosphate rock storage facility in Richards Bay, South Africa147|$\pm$| 6332|$\pm$|1228|$\pm$|11[26]
Uranium Deposit of Kitongo, Cameroon592|$\pm$|12527|$\pm$|499|$\pm$|24[27]
Mali41 |$-$|62720|$-$|18117|$-$|105[28]
Uranium-rich area Mounana SE Gabon355 |$\pm$| 9363 |$\pm$| 142811 |$\pm$|198[11]
Coastaline area of Ado-Odo/Ota, Nigeria134  |$\pm$|1794 |$\pm$| 740 |$\pm$| 9[29]
Proposed Uranium Mining (Lambapur, Peddagattu, and Seripally, India).807 |$\pm$|256231|$\pm$|8948|$\pm$|22[30]
Rize Turkey36–91410–1717–80[31]
Xiangshan uranium deposits, Jiangxi, Eastern China618 |$\pm$|3693 ± 28119 |$\pm$| 97[7]
World average for soil4204533[1]
Table 3
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Comparison of natural radioactivity concentrations (Bq kg−1) with similar studies in Tanzania and other countries.

Country/region40K232Th238UReference
Villages near the Manyoni Uranium Deposit Area, Tanzania20778302Present Study
Mkuju, Tanzania5643652[22]
Bahi, Tanzania496–80835–10511–34[23]
West of Manyoni, Tanzania47–20512–4923–835[23]
Homa Mountain, Kenya916410195[12]
Kapchorwa District Uganda1339 |$\pm$| 6561  |$\pm$|448  |$\pm$|4[24]
Metekel Zone, Ethiopia3307064[25]
Phosphate rock storage facility in Richards Bay, South Africa147|$\pm$| 6332|$\pm$|1228|$\pm$|11[26]
Uranium Deposit of Kitongo, Cameroon592|$\pm$|12527|$\pm$|499|$\pm$|24[27]
Mali41 |$-$|62720|$-$|18117|$-$|105[28]
Uranium-rich area Mounana SE Gabon355 |$\pm$| 9363 |$\pm$| 142811 |$\pm$|198[11]
Coastaline area of Ado-Odo/Ota, Nigeria134  |$\pm$|1794 |$\pm$| 740 |$\pm$| 9[29]
Proposed Uranium Mining (Lambapur, Peddagattu, and Seripally, India).807 |$\pm$|256231|$\pm$|8948|$\pm$|22[30]
Rize Turkey36–91410–1717–80[31]
Xiangshan uranium deposits, Jiangxi, Eastern China618 |$\pm$|3693 ± 28119 |$\pm$| 97[7]
World average for soil4204533[1]
Country/region40K232Th238UReference
Villages near the Manyoni Uranium Deposit Area, Tanzania20778302Present Study
Mkuju, Tanzania5643652[22]
Bahi, Tanzania496–80835–10511–34[23]
West of Manyoni, Tanzania47–20512–4923–835[23]
Homa Mountain, Kenya916410195[12]
Kapchorwa District Uganda1339 |$\pm$| 6561  |$\pm$|448  |$\pm$|4[24]
Metekel Zone, Ethiopia3307064[25]
Phosphate rock storage facility in Richards Bay, South Africa147|$\pm$| 6332|$\pm$|1228|$\pm$|11[26]
Uranium Deposit of Kitongo, Cameroon592|$\pm$|12527|$\pm$|499|$\pm$|24[27]
Mali41 |$-$|62720|$-$|18117|$-$|105[28]
Uranium-rich area Mounana SE Gabon355 |$\pm$| 9363 |$\pm$| 142811 |$\pm$|198[11]
Coastaline area of Ado-Odo/Ota, Nigeria134  |$\pm$|1794 |$\pm$| 740 |$\pm$| 9[29]
Proposed Uranium Mining (Lambapur, Peddagattu, and Seripally, India).807 |$\pm$|256231|$\pm$|8948|$\pm$|22[30]
Rize Turkey36–91410–1717–80[31]
Xiangshan uranium deposits, Jiangxi, Eastern China618 |$\pm$|3693 ± 28119 |$\pm$| 97[7]
World average for soil4204533[1]
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