Publications by authors named "Adeniyi Abiodun Adenuga"
Organochlorine pesticides in therapeutic teas and human health risk assessment.
Food Addit Contam Part B Surveill
December 2022
Article Synopsis
- - This study assessed the levels of organochlorine pesticide (OCP) residues in commercially available therapeutic teas to understand the health risks of long-term consumption.
- - The researchers used a specialized extraction method and analyzed the samples with Gas Chromatography to detect pesticide levels, finding many exceeded EU safety limits.
- - Notable findings included widespread detection of aldrin in all samples, with methoxychlor and p,p'-DDT found in most, while the health risk assessment highlighted aldron as a significant cancer risk.
The global desire for modernization through technology has thrown up a major disposal challenge for e-wastes, especially in low-economic countries. This study assessed the environmental impacts and possible health risks of potentially toxic metals emanating from poorly managed e-wastes across three main representative sites in southwest Nigeria. Soil samples were collected from three major cities in Southwestern Nigeria and analyzed for As, Cd, Pb, Cu, Cr, Ni and Zn.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCeramic foodwares are among the products used by people on daily basis without being cautious of exposures to heavy metals through possible leaching from the glaze ceramics. This study investigated the levels of heavy metals found in some commonly used ceramic foodwares in Nigeria with the aim of determining levels of human exposures through the use of the ceramics. To achieve this, acid digestion was carried out for the total metal concentrations and leaching tests were done using 4% acetic acid as a leaching agent.
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