INVESTIGATION OF THE HEAVY METALS CONTENT OF SOME FOOD PRODUCTS BY USING ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY•

  • MAGDALENA MITITELU
    “CAROL DAVILA” MEDICINE AND PHARMACY UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF CLINIC LABORATORY AND NUTRITION HYGIENE, 6, TRAIAN VUIA STREET, SECT. 1, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
  • FLORICA NICOLESCU
    “CAROL DAVILA” MEDICINE AND PHARMACY UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF TOXICOLOGY
  • CORINA IONITA
    “CAROL DAVILA” MEDICINE AND PHARMACY UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF CLINIC LABORATORY AND NUTRITION HYGIENE, 6, TRAIAN VUIA STREET, SECT. 1, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
  • ANA BANCESCU
  • ELENA DOGARU
    “CAROL DAVILA” MEDICINE AND PHARMACY UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF CLINIC LABORATORY AND NUTRITION HYGIENE, 6, TRAIAN VUIA STREET, SECT. 1, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA
  • LUCIAN HÎNCU

Abstract

The content of some heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Cu and Zn) in some food products – beef, milk, and cheese – obtained from a rural farm located in Voroveni, Arges, Romania has been investigated. At the same time, parallel investigations were done on samples of grassland soil. Atomic absorption spectrometry (GBC-Avanta) has been used to determinate the concentration of heavy metals: Cd (? = 228.8), Cu (? = 324.7), Zn (? = 213.9), Pb (? = 217 nm). It has been observed that the concentration of these heavy metals exceeds the accepted limit values, both in food and soil.

Cuvinte cheie

heavy metals atomic absorption spectrometry food products