Potential toxic levels of cyanide and heavy metals in cassava flour sold in selected markets

What is it about?

The current study examined the potentially harmful amounts of cyanide as well as trace metals in cassava flour sold in Oke Ogun community township markets. Its goal was to quantify the degrees of Lead, Cyanide, Arsenic and Chromium, evaluate their health impacts on customers, and evaluate WHO-allowable dietary quantities.

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Photo by Hermes Rivera on Unsplash

Photo by Hermes Rivera on Unsplash

Why is it important?

Cassava flour, generally known as “lafu” in Yoruba, is a common staple processed cassava product diet in Nigeria that includes necessary as well as beneficial minerals required for the body’s morphological processes. It is a good carbohydrate source, which is commonly denoted to as the main body tissues fuel (Robert et al., 2000; Olalekan et al., 2018b) since it produces energy that the body requires to function effectively in its everyday activities. Human activities (human induced) may promote the occurrence of harmful pollutants such as cyanide as well as trace metals in cassava flour, rendering it unsafe for human utilization, particularly when they remain present in large concentrations (Raimi and Sabinus, 2017a; Suleiman et al., 2019; Raimi et al., 2019c, 2020a, 2022a; Isah et al., 2020a,b; Morufu Olalekan et al., 2020a; Morufu, 2021; Olalekan et al., 2021, 2022b; Hussain et al., 2021a,b; Morufu et al., 2021a; Asiegbu et al., 2022; Oshatunberu et al., 2023).

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