Monitoring of food contamination and surveillance of chemical hazard in African countries

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24405004
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Risk sciences of radiation/Chemicals
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: ISHIZUKA Mayumi 北海道大学, (連合)獣医学研究科, 教授 (50332474)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IKENAKA Yoshinori 北海道大学, 大学院獣医学研究科, 准教授 (40543509)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: アフリカ / 環境汚染 / 産業動物 / 家畜 / 野生動物

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Environmental pollution is a serious problem in most African countries. Persistent chemicals such as heavy metals, pesticides, dioxins, PCBs, etc. can be found not only in water, soil, air, plant, but also in the livestock animals. Monitoring these pollutant levels in food animals is of great importance to the wellbeing of all life forms. In this study, we measured accumulated levels of these environmental pollutants in animals and clarified the effects of chemical hazard on human and animals.

Free Research Field

獣医学