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Heavy Metals and Health Risk Burden, How Safe is the Consumer Population?: A Study on the Heavy Metal Content of Soybeans Cultivated in Katsina State, North West Nigeria

A. I. Yaradua, J. I. Bungudu, L. Shuaibu, A. J. Alhassan, A. Nasir, U. Bello, A. Usman, Z. A. Suleiman, A. Abdullahi, M. M. Muhammad, I. A. Yaradua

Asian Journal of Applied Chemistry Research · pp. 1–14 · Published 13 Aug 2022

10.9734/ajacr/2022/v11i430261

Abstract

The level of heavy metals in soybeans samples were evaluated to ascertain their likely health risks to the Katsina State populace. Atomic absorption spectrometry method was employed for the evaluation, while the three senatorial zones of the state were used for sampling. Using methods adapted from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), the health risks to the population from the heavy metals in the samples were determined.  The results have revealed the mean concentration (mg/kg) in decreasing order of concentrations to be for Zn (range: 1.204-1.432), Pb (range: 0.658-0.998), Fe (range: 0.563-0.687), Cr (range: 0.128-0.151) and Cd (range: 0.041-0.046), with the concentrations of Mn and Ni below the level of detection. The computed non-carcinogenic health risks from consumption of the samples were below 1 (THQ and HI>1). The cancer risk to the population lies beyond the threshold limit with the heavy metal Pb being the major contributor to the violation. It may be presumed that the Soybean samples in the study may add to the cancer manifestations in the population.

Soybeans heavy metals health risks katsina carcinogenic pollution cancer risk

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