期刊名称：International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management
电子版ISSN：2395-5252
出版年度：2020
卷号：2
期号：8
页码：570-580
DOI：10.35629/5252-0208530534
语种：English
出版社：IJAEM JOURNAL
摘要：Food poisoning is an acute NonInfectious Disease (NID), of which its study in relation to residential houses rising dampness has not been well documented. The study aims to determine the correlation of residential houses rising dampness and food contamination in staple convenience food items commonly kept in damp houses in Iseyin Local Government Area (LGA); determine convenience food items commonly kept in the identified damp houses in Iseyin LGA; determine the prevalence and concentrations of regulated mycotoxins (aflatoxins) in the selected common convenience food items kept in Iseyin LGA.; Major information sourced through the questionnaire include demography, occupation, history of occupancy, food commonly kept, likely illness/disorder they used to suffer from, and methods of food storage. And, food exposure experimentation was conducted on the three leading common convenience foods and analysed for potency lost to aflatoxins contamination in the three categories of house. Analysis of the measurements of level of dampness demonstrated that high distribution of damp houses was an indication of absence of installation of Damp-Proof Course (DPC) in the foundation, in the inspection chamber as well as in the floor and wall of bathroom. Analysis of measurements of orientations of selected houses demonstrated that high distribution of damp houses was associated with poor building planning and design. Analysis of responses demonstrated that gari, korongbo, and aadun were largely savoured respectively. Analysis of contaminants demonstrated that high rate of aflatoxins contaminant was associated with noncompliance of housing moisture content. The results indicate that there is positive significant relationship between residential houses rising dampness and contamination of food kept in damp houses. On this basis, it is recommended that federal government enacts National Building Code (NBC) as a key instrument in controlling and sanctioning of housing condition. Further research is needed to identify other factors that could strengthen the effectiveness of this methodology.
