Abstract
The purpose of this work is to determine how safe vegetable leaves are in an oil producing area, using a case study of the Akwa Ibom State. Radioactive radiation levels were detected for five samples of vegetable leaves namely Waterleaf (Talinum triangulare), Bitter leaf (Veronia amygdalina), Fluted pumpkin (telfairia occidentalis), Editan, (Lasientera Africana) and Afang (Gnetum africanum). The vegetable leaves were collected form Uyo (hinterland region) and Ibeno (coastal region) in Akwa Ibom. Radioactivity levels in each of these samples were determined. In Uyo, waterleaf had the least radioactive level of 0.00079 Bq/g while Editan recorded the highest level of 0.0019 Bq/g for Ibeno, its Fluted pumpkin showed the least of 0.0037 Bq/g whereas waterleaf records the highest radioactive level 0.0070 Bq/g. The higher radioactive level observed in Ibeno is attributed to the presence of radioactive materials in the environment due to oil drilling activities in the area.
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