Baba Umar Abba Mustapha,
Yakubu Baban Kanada, Goni Chamba, Babagana Mustapha & Abdullahi Muhammed
Department of Science
Laboratory Technology, Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Department of Science
Laboratory Technology, Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Nafdac Area Laboratory,
Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Department of Science
Laboratory Technology, Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Department of Quantity Survey,
Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria
Email: babaumar144@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
Exposure of heavy metals
to human being has risen dramatically in the last 50 years. In today’s urban
and industrial society, there is no escaping from exposure to toxic chemicals
and heavy metals. Humans are more likely to be exposed to heavy metal
contamination from the dust that adheres to edible plants than from
bioaccumulation. This is because it is very difficult to wash off all the dust
particles from the plant material before ingesting them. The objectives of this
experiment were to determine the concentration of heavy metals in some fruits.
Based on the findings it was obtained from the elemental analysis of the fruits
samples, iron, zinc, cadmium and lead each are having varying concentrations
with considerable elemental value which confirmed the importance of these
fruits. It was also confirmed that these fruits had great food and importance
for human need as source of vitamin C, the fruits can be used in pharmaceutical
industries for the production of medicine for treatment of many diseases such
as heart disease. It was recommended that the fruits should be taken by human
on daily basis, the cultivation and world production should be encouraged and
further studies should be carried out of other fruits like pineapple, pawpaw
and cashew fruits for heavy metals content.
Keywords: Heavy Metals, Fruits,
Toxic Chemicals, Human Being.
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