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ArticleBiological trace element research2022

Exposures and Health Risks Associated with Elements in Diets from a Gold Mining Area.

Ekpor Anyimah-Ackah, Isaac Williams Ofosu, Herman Erick Lutterodt, Godfred Darko

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Article in Biological trace element research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ekpor Anyimah-AckahDepartment of Food and Nutrition Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. aaekpor@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0655-2258
Isaac Williams OfosuDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Herman Erick LutterodtDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Godfred DarkoDepartment of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology · GHUniversity of Education, Winneba · GH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There has been a concern of metal contamination from the mining areas which could expose the population to toxic metal through consumption of food products in the regions. Therefore, the study was conducted to analyze 18 elements using X-ray fluorescence analyzer and to assess for metal exposure through dietary intakes. Dietary recall survey instrument was used to collect consumption, demographic, and anthropometric data from 308 consumers in life-stage groups: toddlers, adolescents, and adults. Cassava, maize, rice, tomato, and yam indigenous diet samples (66) from the gold mining regions of Ghana were obtained by purposively sampling from street vendors. Principal component analysis was used to apportion pollution source. Health risks due to dietary elements were quantified using US EPA probabilistic protocols for cancer and non-cancer disease endpoints. Deficiency and overage risks of essential elements were tested against reference nutrient intakes. The element-diet-location mode of principal component analysis separated cassava and maize diets as significant vehicles for both essential and toxic elements apportioned to mining pollution source. The chronic daily intake trend revealed a preponderance for arsenic (maize: toddlers 0.009, adolescents 0.025 adults 0.010 mg/kg

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MercuryMetals, HeavyDietGoldMiningRisk AssessmentGoldMercuryMetals, HeavyEssential and toxic elementsOverage and deficiency risksPollution apportionmentProbabilistic risk assessmentX-ray fluorescence spectroscopy

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