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Levels and health risk assessment of organochlorine residues in vegetables from rivers Niger-benue confluence in Lokoja, North Central, Nigeria

Published Online: 2025-04-10

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Akinlotan, Oluyinka O.

Odika, Ifeoma M.

Okoye, Chukwuma O. B.
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Received: 14 November 2024

Accepted: 25 March 2025

First Online: 10 April 2025

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: The vegetable samples which include spinach, (Spinacia oleracea), jute leaves, (Corchorus olitorius L.), pumpkin, (Telfairia occidentalis), okro. (Abemoschus esculentus), tomatoes, (Lycopersicum esculentum), garden egg, (Solanum macrocarpum) and cucumber, (Cucumis sativus) were collected from five Local Government Areas (LGAs), namely Ofu, Kabba- Bunu, Ajaokuta, Lokoja and Bassa., surrounding the Niger-Benue confluence at Lokoja, in north central Nigeria. (Fig. ). These vegetable samples were purchased directly from farmers at the fringes of a major market in each LGA in January 2022. The collection and analysis of the vegetable samples used in the study complied with USEPA and WHO guidelines with no need of further affirmation. The guidelines are available respectively at And .

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

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