ArticleEnvironmental geochemistry and health2020
Cadmium and lead in geophagic clay consumed in Southern Nigeria: health risk from such traditional nutraceutical.
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- Health Education and Promotion Interventions to Mitigate Geophagic Practise: A Scoping Review.Public health reviews · 2025Review
- Mineral composition and heavy metal risk assesment of selected geophagic soils from Tanzania.Toxicology reports · 2024Article
- Rare Earth and Platinum Group Elements In Sub-Saharan Africa and Global Health: The Dark Side of the Burgeoning of Technology.Environmental health insights · 2024Review
- Increased serum levels of cadmium are associated with an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease in adults.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Article
- Geophagic Clays from Cameroon: Provenance, Metal Contamination and Health Risk Assessment.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Toxicological Risk Analysis in Data-Poor Countries: A Narrative Approach to Feed an "Awareness Raising-Community Empowerment" Vortex.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2020Article
- Clinical case analysis of 32 children aged 0-6 years with lead poisoning in Nanning, China.Toxicology and industrial healthArticle
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Abstract
Geophagy is a cultural behavior, based on the recurrent intentional eating of clay soil, that is raising increasing concern as it implies multidimensional (space, time) potential risk of serious adverse health effects. This study investigated the level of toxic metals (Cd and Pb) in 20 Nigerian geophagic clays intended for both local consumption and distribution to the West Africa market. After sampling in 4 open markets in southern Nigeria (Akwa Ibom, Abia, Rivers, Imo), samples were subjected to digestion, ashing and analysis. The Pb levels in all samples exceeded the WHO/FAO maximum permissible limit of 0.1 mg kg
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