Examine food purchased in supermarket before consumption, don admonishes Nigerians 

Professor Ebenezer Babatope Faweya of the Ekiti State University (EKSU),Ado-Ekiti, has urged Nigerians to shelf life of food purchase in the supermarket and ensure they examine it  thoroughly before consumption.

Faweya, who is a professor of Radiation and Health Physics also called on the governments at all levels in the country to make policies that would tame radon tagged the “silent killer” in the society.

He made the call Thursday  while delivering 87th Inaugural Lecture of the Varsity titled: Living With Radiation: Can Man Tame The Ubiquitous Aetiological Agent And The Silent Killer?

The varsity don who is the Dean Faculty of Sciences in the Ivory tower urged governments to provide information on levels of radon indoors and the associated health risks, implementing a national radon programme aimed at reducing both the overall population risk and the individual risk for people living with high radon concentrations.

Professor Faweya said: “We are continuously exposed to natural and artificial radiations. In addition to these, some of the radionuclides, such as polonium and radium are present in our bones, our muscle contains radiocarbon and radio potassium, radon thoron, and their progeny in our lungs, and they emit ionizing radiation.

“The radiation coming from the sun is due to the nuclear fusion,it is very essential for the existence of life on earth. Therefore,we live in a naturally radioactive world. All organisms including human beings on the earth are getting benefits from radiation in a direct way without realizing it. Therefore,without radiation,life does not exist.” Professor  Faweya posited.