Background Food safety in the food market is one of the key areas of focus in public health,
because it affects people of every age, race, gender, and income level around the world …

The presence of toxic heavy metals such as As, Cd, Pb, Cr, Mn, Ni, Cu, and Zn in nationally
representative samples of highly consumed fruits and vegetables was determined by …

Drinking of arsenic (As) contaminated well water has become a serious threat to the health
of many millions in Bangladesh. However, the implications of contamination of agricultural …

Heavy metal levels in sixteen different fruits and leafy vegetables from selected markets in
Lagos, Nigeria were determined using atomic absorption spectrometry. The results showed …

Several Pakistani plants are known to be of potential therapeutic value and are used in
traditional herbal medicine system of the country. In this work, ten of the most popular …

Trace metal levels in eleven different spice and herbal plant species from western Anatolia,
Turkey were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry. The contents of trace metals in …

More still needs to be learned regards the relative contamination of heavy metals and
pesticide residues, particularly those found in widely consumed Nigerian food crops like …

This study compared the dry ashing and wet digestion methods of processing food samples
for elemental analysis. The concentrations of trace elements (manganese, iron, copper and …

Due to the consumption of chicken and chicken products in Turkey at high ratio, trace metal
content of chicken and chicken products from Turkey were determined by atomic absorption …

This study was designed to determine the levels of microminerals (manganese (Mn), iron
(Fe), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), chromium (Cr)) and heavy metals (cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) and …