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Article ID: 2040
Heavy Metal Toxicity and the Literacy-Awareness Paradox: A Socio-Behavioral Model of Bushmeat Consumption in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
Food safety in Sub-Saharan Africa is increasingly compromised by invisible chemical contaminants in wild-sourced proteins, often referred to as bushmeat. This study provides a novel integration of toxicological risk assessment and socio-behavioral modeling by analyzing 60 consumers and meat samples of the Greater Cane Rat (Thryonomys swinderianus) across Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Chemi...