Evaluation of Heavy Metals in Cassava Tubers Grown around Two Major Cement Factories in Ogun State, Nigeria

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“…Metal concentrations in the tubers (Cd, Ni, and Pb) and leaves (Cd, Cr, and Pb) of cassava plants grown on soils around a lead sulfide (galena) mining area in Nigeria's Ebonyi State exceeded WHO standards [97]. Exceedances for Al, As, Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Mn, Pb, and Zn were found in cassava tubers growing around two cement factories in Ogun State, Nigeria [98]. Cassava grown on soil contaminated with crude oil in the Niger Delta Region contained heavy metals (Fe > Zn > Ni > Pb > Cd > Cr) in their leaves and tubers [99].…”

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confidence: 99%

Direct and Indirect Neurotoxic Potential of Metal/Metalloids in Plants and Fungi Used for Food, Dietary Supplements, and Herbal Medicine

Spencer

Palmer

2021

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Plants and mushrooms bioconcentrate metals/metalloids from soil and water such that high levels of potentially neurotoxic elements can occur in cultivated and wild species used for food. While the health effects of excessive exposure to metals/metalloids with neurotoxic potential are well established, overt neurological disease from prolonged ingestion of contaminated botanicals has not been recognized. However, the presence of metal elements may affect levels of botanical neurotoxins in certain plants and mushrooms that are established causes of acute and chronic neurological disease.

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Section: Cassavamentioning

confidence: 99%