Some Heavy Metals in Different Parts of Consumed Chickens in Lahijan City – Iran; Health Risk Assessment
Milad Sheydaei
Abstract
Toxic metals sometimes imitate the action of an essential element in the body, interfering with the metabolic process resulting in illness. Their toxicity depends on several factors including the dose, route of exposure, and chemical species, as well as the age, gender, genetics, and nutritional status of exposed individuals. In this research, we tried assessing some pointed heavy metals such as nickel, arsenic, lead, zinc, and cadmium which were prepared and analyzed in chicken liver, thigh, and breast muscles in Lahijan city. Heavy metal concentrations are associated with the use of inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). The accessed results expressed the higher rates of heavy metals studied in chicken in some cases compare as world regulation standards. Also, the highest amount of heavy metals was in liver tissue.