Assessment of Arsenic, Vanadium, Mercury, and Cadmium in Food and Drug Packaging.
Drug
Food
Heavy Metal
ICP-OES
Packaging Material
Journal
F1000Research
ISSN: 2046-1402
Titre abrégé: F1000Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101594320
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
accepted:
23
02
2024
pubmed:
13
6
2022
medline:
13
6
2022
entrez:
23
5
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Food and drug packaging materials are an integral part of our everyday life. Noxious elements can inadvertently be included in packaging materials in various stages of their production. Adulterants, adhesives, colorants and heavy metal interference are the common sources of contamination in food packaging materials. Heavy metal toxicity has far-reaching ill effects on living organisms. The present study aimed at qualitatively and quantitatively analysing heavy metal content of various materials that are used for food and drug packaging in India. The qualitative detection was done by rapid assay and heavy metals were quantified with the help of inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). A total of thirteen types of food and drug packaging materials were procured from local market and analysed for four heavy metals Heavy metals were qualitatively detected in ten out of thirteen samples. Among the ten samples mercury and arsenic were detected the most followed by cadmium and vanadium. Quantitative estimation by ICP-OES showed presence of vanadium and cadmium in ten samples and arsenic and mercury in all the thirteen samples above the permissible range. The notable elevation in mercury concentration, followed by cadmium, arsenic and vanadium registering the least, presents a potential health hazard to consumers and compromises the food quality.
Sections du résumé
Background
UNASSIGNED
Food and drug packaging materials are an integral part of our everyday life. Noxious elements can inadvertently be included in packaging materials in various stages of their production. Adulterants, adhesives, colorants and heavy metal interference are the common sources of contamination in food packaging materials. Heavy metal toxicity has far-reaching ill effects on living organisms. The present study aimed at qualitatively and quantitatively analysing heavy metal content of various materials that are used for food and drug packaging in India.
Methods
UNASSIGNED
The qualitative detection was done by rapid assay and heavy metals were quantified with the help of inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). A total of thirteen types of food and drug packaging materials were procured from local market and analysed for four heavy metals
Results
UNASSIGNED
Heavy metals were qualitatively detected in ten out of thirteen samples. Among the ten samples mercury and arsenic were detected the most followed by cadmium and vanadium. Quantitative estimation by ICP-OES showed presence of vanadium and cadmium in ten samples and arsenic and mercury in all the thirteen samples above the permissible range.
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
The notable elevation in mercury concentration, followed by cadmium, arsenic and vanadium registering the least, presents a potential health hazard to consumers and compromises the food quality.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38779461
doi: 10.12688/f1000research.121473.1
pmc: PMC11109717
doi:
Substances chimiques
Arsenic
N712M78A8G
Cadmium
00BH33GNGH
Mercury
FXS1BY2PGL
Vanadium
00J9J9XKDE
Metals, Heavy
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
648Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2024 Mukhi S et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
No competing interests were disclosed.
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