Abstract:
Toxic heavy metals were estimated in blood and milk samples of humans. For this purpose, twenty three points were selected and total 230 samples of blood and 134 samples of human‘s milk were collected from Shangla, Pakistan. Samples were analyzed for heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, chromium, nickel, cobalt, zinc, copper and iron using atomic absorption spectrophotometry. High amount of heavy metals was found in blood of Adult‘s while low was found in blood of children‘s. Adult‘s blood accumulated high amount of heavy metals as compared to blood of children. Interestingly, mean values of lead were found to be higher than cobalt, nickel chromium and cadmium. Similarly, milk samples collected from lactating females at early morning have high amount of lead, cadmium, cobalt, nickel and copper as compared to that of milk samples collected after two hours. Therefore, this study has a strong message for the lactating mothers to drop out initial milk in the early morning and then feed their infants.
Page(s):
223-226
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Science International, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Year: 2014