Environmental Toxin, Exposure to Toxins among Children around Cement Factory (Review)

M. Musa, E.A Bagna, L. Abubakar, S.M Adamu, U. Abdulmuminu, S. Muhammad

Department of Chemistry,

Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, Nigeria.

Email: mustaphamusa63@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT

Environmental toxicant may refer to pollutant causing pollution or biologically created toxins in the environment. Chemicals, both natural and synthetic, have the potential to cause disease by either inhalation or ingestion. Toxins threaten everyone’s health, but infants and children are more sensitive to toxins than adults, because children organs are still developing and their bodies are less able to detoxify. Children are also more vulnerable to toxins because they lack a fully developed blood-brain barrier and a structure in the central nervous system that prevents the passage of chemicals between the bloodstream and the neural tissue. This research emphasis on identifying and evaluating children exposure to environmental toxins around cement factory and health related issues; the review describe different types of environmental toxins around cement factory and their health effects towards children.