High levels of metal(oid)s in soil or food pose a severe health risk to humans. The potential toxicants find their way into the living systems via chain, following bioaccumulation edible plants, including leafy vegetables grown irrigated with contaminated water, respectively. current study determines vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), arsenic (As), lead (Pb), and cadmium (Cd...

The conversion or processing of shale, coal, or petroleum involves elevated temperatures and altered pressures, and under these conditions polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons are likely to form. Certain compounds of this type exhibit carcinogenic activity for a variety of organ sites in experimental animals and epidemiological evidence strongly implicates their role as carcinogens in man. It is t...

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) levels in four commonly consumed smoked fish species from markets in Southern Nigeria were assessed to evaluate possible human health risks associated with consumption. Varying levels of PAH congeners were observed in the fish tissues with the highest total concentration of PAHs in Scomber scombrus. High concentrations of benzo(a)pyrene was observed in Cl...

Heavy metals have the properties of biological accumulation, toxicity and environmental stability, hence consumption of drinking water containing heavy metals can jeopardize human health. One of these heavy metals is cadmium that its long-term exposure causes kidney diseases, osteoporosis, cancer and cardiovascular disease. In this cross-sectional study which was conducted in Minab, 100 samples...