July 2025

Public health and environmental risk assessment of African giant snails (Achatina fulica) in urban areas of Asaba, Nigeria

This study assesses heavy metal (As, Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb, Hg) concentrations in giant African snails (Achatina fulica) from a location close to an open dumpsite, local market, and snail farm to assess their potential health risk implication. Sixty snail tissue samples underwent inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) analysis. The Research evaluated health risks linked to snail consumption using...

Author(s): Odesa Erhiga Gabriel, Moses Oghenenyoreme Eyankware and Obinna Chigoziem Akakuru