By : Jolayemi Olajide
Popular health influencer, Dr. Chinonso Egemba wey everybody know as Aproko Doctor, don warn Nigerians on Monday make dem stop to dey buy and chop spoilt tomatoes wey people dey call “Ata Esha” or “Awarawa.”
Inside one heavy health advisory wey roll for his X account, di doctor talk say those white-white things inside di rotten tomatoes na fungus wey dey produce one dangerous poison called aflatoxin.
He clear ground say this poison dey cause liver cancer for adults and e dey make children get stunted growth, adding say cooking di rotten food no dey fit kill di chemical at all.
Aproko Doctor yarn say dis dirty fungus condition no bend for tomatoes alone, as e still dey catch corn, onions, groundnut, and grains wey dem store for damp place just because people wan buy cheap market.