Human health risk assessment using Monte Carlo simulations for groundwater with uranium in southern India.

Uranium naturally occurs in groundwater and its concentration is mostly controlled by the geology of an area. The regular human consumption of groundwater with uranium causes health effects and hence the assessment of radiological and chemical toxicity effects on humans is essential. Hence, the present study was carried out to assess the general hydrochemistry of groundwater in different geological formations of southern India and its relation to uranium as well as to estimate the health risks posed to humans due to consumption of groundwater with uranium using both deterministic and probabilistic approaches.