Francisca I. Bassey

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the proximate composition, ascorbic acid and heavy metal content of Tetracarpidium conophorum using chemical analysis and showed that T. conophium is not polluted with heavy metals since the concentrations of heavy metals were all below WHO permissible limits.

TL;DR: The margin of safety values obtained were greater than 100 which indicated that the concentrations of the metals investigated in these facial cosmetics do not present considerable risk to the users except in the case of face powders.

TL;DR: The effects of culinary practices such as boiling, frying, and grilling on the proximate compositions and concentrations of metals in commonly consumed fish species from the Nigerian coastal waters were investigated and it was found that no health risks would arise from the long-term consumption of these fish species.

TL;DR: The results showed that skin-lightening creams contained higher concentrations of the studied metals than the moisturizing creams, except for Ni, which indicates that persons who uses skin-saving creams in preference to moisturizing ones, are exposed to higher concentrationsof metals.

TL;DR: In this paper, the concentrations, contamination/pollution index, anthropogenic input and enrichment factors for metals in soil in the vicinity of cassava processing mills in sub-urban areas of Delta State of Nigeria were examined.