Evaluation and risk assessment of heavy metals in King tuber mushroom in the contest of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Sokoto state, Nigeria

• DOI: 10.1016/j.kjs.2024.100193
• Publication Date: 2024-01-19T04:04:07Z
• Authors: Prince Onyedinma ...; Loai Aljerf; Ezeibe Chidi Nwaru; Ibrahim Imrana; Jian Tang; Atem Bethel Ajong; Precious Onyinyec...; Oys Siddhant; Chizoba Thelma Uk...
• Keywords: CONTEST; Pandemic

The aim of this study was to evaluate the degree contamination and intake rates, as well risk Lithium (Li), Arsenic (As), Cadmium (Cd), Mercury (Hg), Lead (Pb) contained in wild species King Tuber Mushroom (P. tuber-regium) collected pre-, post- during COVID-19 lockdown which is widely consumed northwestern Nigeria; also assess their potential accumulate some heavy metals, comprises linked consumer health hazards by assessing risks children, adolescents, adults from cancer-causing non-cancer-causing substances based on estimated weekly (EWI). After mineralization with acid, concentrations were determined using Optical Emission Spectrometry Inductively Coupled Plasma (OES-ICP), (Hg) Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectrophotometer (CV-AFS). Moreover, assessment due ingestion these elements through consumption P. tuberregium estimated. findings showed that As, Pb, Cd, Li Hg varied greatly within between 2018-2022, levels higher pre- COVID-19, lower lockdown. In descending order, average content substrates As > Pb Cd Hg. Children, all had EWI values below mushroom's provisional tolerable (PTWIs). tuber-regium harvested areas investigated, therefore, poses no toxicological or inhabitants.