caa a22 4500 467902550 CHVBK 20180406152822.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10661-006-0799-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10661-006-0799-9 Cancer and Non-Cancer Health Risk from Eating Cassava Grown in Some Mining Communities in Ghana [Elektronische Daten] [S. Obiri, D. Dodoo, F. Okai-Sam, D. Essumang, A. Adjorlolo-Gasokpoh] Food crops such as cassava, cocoyam and other tuber crops grown in mining communities uptake toxic or hazardous chemicals such as arsenic, and cadmium, from the soil. Cassava is a stable food for Ghanaians. This study evaluated human health risk from eating cassava grown in some mining communities in Ghana such as Bogoso, Prestea, Tarkwa and Tamso, which are important mining towns in the Western Region of Ghana. The study evaluated cancer and non-cancer health effects from eating cassava grown in the study areas in accordance with US Environmental Protection Agency's Risk Assessment guidelines. The results of the study revealed the following: cancer health risk for Tamso, 0.098 (RME - Reasonable Maximum Exposure) and 0.082 (CTE - Central Tendency Exposure). This means that approximately 10 and 8 out of 100 resident adults are likely to suffer from cancer related cases by RME and CTE parameters respectively. For Prestea, we have 0.010 and 0.12, which also means that approximately 1 out of 100 and 10 resident adults out of 100 are also likely to suffer from cancer related diseases by RME and CTE parameters. The results of the study obtained were found to be above the acceptable cancer risk range of 1× 10−6 to 1× 10−4, i.e., 1 case of cancer out of 1 million or 100,000 people respectively. Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2006 Bogoso nationallicence cadmium nationallicence cancer and non-cancer health risk nationallicence oral reference dose nationallicence oral cancer slope factor nationallicence Prestea nationallicence Tamso nationallicence Tarkwa and upper confidence limit on mean concentration (UCLM) of arsenic nationallicence zinc and mercury respectively in cooked cassava nationallicence Obiri S. Environmental Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast aut Dodoo D. Environmental Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast aut Okai-Sam F. Environmental Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast aut Essumang D. Environmental Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast aut Adjorlolo-Gasokpoh A. Environmental Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast aut Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 118/1-3(2006-07-01), 37-49 0167-6369 118:1-3<37 2006 118 10661 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-0799-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-006-0799-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Obiri S. Environmental Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dodoo D. Environmental Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Okai-Sam F. Environmental Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Essumang D. Environmental Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Adjorlolo-Gasokpoh A. Environmental Research Group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Kluwer Academic Publishers 118/1-3(2006-07-01), 37-49 0167-6369 118:1-3<37 2006 118 10661 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer