Determination of heavy metals in Egyptian infants formulas, weaning foods and some breakfast foods [electronic resource].

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Concentrations of fourteen trace elements were determined by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists Methods, in some commercial infant formulas, weaning food, and breakfast foods samples, collected from different supermarkets and pharmacies in Cairo. Egypt from 2007 to 2008. The average concentrations of the macro, micro and heavy metals, detected in samples on the basis of dry weight. were 0.67 mg kg-' for cadmium, 1.84 mg kg-¹ for chromium, 8.21mg Kg-¹ for copper, 33.86 mg kg-¹ for Zinc, 15.5¹ mg Kg-¹ for Aluminum, 112.14 mg Kg -¹ for Iron, 0.047 mg Kg -¹ for silver. 0.0 mg Kg -¹ for mercury and arsenic, 0.22 mg Kg-¹ for tin, 0.03 mg kg-¹ for lead. 18.09 mg Kg -¹ for manganese, 0.89 mg Kg-¹ or nickel and 0.068 for sodium.

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