Human Health Risk Evaluation of Organophosphate Insecticide Residues in Post-Harvest Cowpea in Gwagwalada, Abuja, Nigeria

Akande, Motunrayo Ganiyat; Sanni, F.S.; Enefe, Ndidi G

doi:10.5696/2156-9614-10.28.201203

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“…Contamination of cowpea in Nigeria with organophosphate pesticides is a documented issue, potentially causing health issues and leading the European Union to suspend dried bean imports from Nigeria since 2013 (and garnering local media attention as a result) [ 36 , 37 , 38 ]. However, the relatively high level of concern over this hazard among consumers is not warranted according to the WHO analyses of the burden of foodborne illness, nor is the concern related to chemical contamination of GLV and beef.…”

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What Is Safe and How Much Does It Matter? Food Vendors’ and Consumers’ Views on Food Safety in Urban Nigeria

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Onuigbo-Chatta³

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This study examines the food safety beliefs of vendors and consumers in a mid-sized Nigerian city using data from in-depth interviews and cognitive mapping techniques drawn from ethnography. We examine vendors’ and consumers’ perspectives on which foods are safe, which are not, and why; the place of foodborne illness among other health concerns and motivators of food choice; and how salient food safety is as a concern for vendors. The main perceived causes of unsafe food were found to be chemicals and insects; while bacterial illnesses were widely mentioned as a cause of gastrointestinal symptoms, these were not necessarily linked to food in consumers’ minds. Respondents agreed strongly that certain foods (e.g., cowpea, beef, green leafy vegetables, and local rice) were less safe than others. The importance of food safety as a choice motivator among consumers varies depending on framing: when asked directly, it was prominent and closely related to visible cleanliness, but concerns about food safety competed in consumers’ minds against other salient motivators of food and vendor choice, such as price. Most vendors did not see food safety, cleanliness, or hygiene as a key trait of a successful vendor, and just over half of vendors had any concern about the safety of their food. In conclusion, we note the implications for intervention designs, particularly the need to build upon consumers’ and vendors’ current beliefs and practices related to food safety in order to make foodborne disease prevention a more salient concern in food choice.

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What Is Safe and How Much Does It Matter? Food Vendors’ and Consumers’ Views on Food Safety in Urban Nigeria

Nordhagen

Lee²,

Onuigbo-Chatta³

et al. 2022

Foods

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“…From the formulas (2-1), (2-3) and (2)(3)(4)(5) show that government's safety supervision decisions are related to farmers' decisions on green pesticide application behavior. Farmers' decisions on green pesticide application behavior are related to the government's safety supervision decisions and consumers' decisions to purchase high-quality agricultural products.…”

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“…Analysis of the evolutionary stability of farmers and consumers. Equations (2-3) and (2)(3)(4)(5) show that the dynamic game between farmers and consumers contains 5 equilibrium points (0,0), (0,1), (1,0), (1,1), (1,1), and…”

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“…The quality and safety of agricultural products is the fundamental guarantee for food safety. However, in recent years, incidents such as poisonous cabbage, poisonous rice, poisonous cotton, and poisonous cowpea, have occurred frequently, causing high attention and general concerns among all sectors of society [3][4]. The quality and safety of agricultural products involves a game between the government, consumers and farmers [5].…”

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Research on the Evolutionary Decision-Making Behavior Among the Government, Farmers, and Consumers: Based on the Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products

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YUN TENG received a Ph.D. degree from the Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China in 2016, where she is currently a professor and a Ph.D. supervisor. Her research interests include agricultural economics and management theory and method.XINLIN CHEN received the a bachelor's degree in engineering from Northeast Agricultural University in China in 2020. She is currently studying for a master's degree at Northeast Agricultural University in China. Her research mainly focuses on managed agricultural production, evolutionary games and data mining. ZHIGANG YU received a Ph.D. degree from JilinUniversity, Changchun, China in 2012, where he is currently a professor and a Ph.D. supervisor. His research interests include agricultural economics and management theory and methods.JINGBO WEI received the a bachelor's degree in engineering from Northeast Agricultural University in China in 2020. He is currently studying for a master's degree at Northeast Agricultural University in China. His research mainly focuses on managed agricultural production , evolutionary games and data mining.

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“…In 2020, [13] identified the organophosphate pesticides (malathion, parathion, ethion and carbophenothion) in cowpea (an African legume) from Gwagwalada market in Abuja, Nigeria, through the use of Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. The levels of the pesticides found in the cowpea samples exceeded the maximum residue limits set by the European Union and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.…”

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Health Risks Associated with the Consumption of Legumes Contaminated with Pesticides and Heavy Metals

Akande¹

2022

Legumes Research - Volume 2

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Legumes have high nutritional value and they are important sources of protein, carbohydrates, fats and dietary fiber. The contamination of legumes with pesticides and heavy metals has been reported in scientific literature. Human beings are mainly exposed to the residues of pesticides and heavy metals through the dietary route. The purpose of this review chapter is to highlight the acute and chronic health risks that human beings may be exposed to as a result of the ingestion of legumes polluted with pesticides and heavy metals. Additionally, the mechanisms through which pesticides and heavy metals engender different undesirable health outcomes in human beings were stated. Scientific literature were perused and the information contained in them were collated to derive this chapter. Pesticides cause short-term health effects including hypersensitivity and mortality, while heavy metals induce acute effects like seizures and death. Some chronic untoward effects of pesticides are congenital disabilities and neurological damage. Heavy metals elicit disorders like anemia, hypertension and cancer. It is envisaged that the findings documented in this review will create awareness of the health risks posed by the contamination of legumes with the residues of pesticides and heavy metals so that food safety measures can be enforced globally.

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Human Health Risk Evaluation of Organophosphate Insecticide Residues in Post-Harvest Cowpea in Gwagwalada, Abuja, Nigeria

Cited by 8 publications

References 18 publications

What Is Safe and How Much Does It Matter? Food Vendors’ and Consumers’ Views on Food Safety in Urban Nigeria

What Is Safe and How Much Does It Matter? Food Vendors’ and Consumers’ Views on Food Safety in Urban Nigeria

Research on the Evolutionary Decision-Making Behavior Among the Government, Farmers, and Consumers: Based on the Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products

Health Risks Associated with the Consumption of Legumes Contaminated with Pesticides and Heavy Metals

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