LEAD, CADMIUM, ARSENIC AND MERCURY IN MEAT, LIVER AND KIDNEY OF SWEDISH PIGS AND CATTLE IN 1984-88

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Ohlin, Bertil

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Publication Details

Output type: Journal article

Author list: JORHEM L, SLORACH S, SUNDSTROM B, OHLIN B

Publication year: 1991

Volume number: 8

Issue number: 2

Start page: 201

End page: 211

Number of pages: 11

ISSN: 0265-203X

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

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Open access status: closed

Abstract

During the period 1984-88 several hundred samples of meat, liver and kidney from Swedish pigs and cattle were analysed for lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury. Analysis was performed by AAS and extensive quality assurance was carried out. The mean lead levels in pig meat, liver and kidney were < 0.005, 0.019 and 0.016 mg/kg, respectively: the mean levels in the corresponding bovine tissues were < 0.005, 0.047 and 0.097 mg/kg. The mean cadmium levels in pig meat, liver and kidney were 0.001, 0.019 and 0.11 mg/kg, whilst those in the corresponding bovine tissues were 0.001, 0.070 and 0.39 mg/kg. The mean arsenic levels in pig meat, liver and kidney were 0.024, 0.023 and 0.019, respectively and those in the corresponding bovine tissues were lower, none exceeding 0.015 mg/kg. The mean mercury levels in pig meat, liver and kidney were 0.009, 0.015 and 0.019 mg/kg respectively, while those in the corresponding bovine tissues were 0.005, 0.006 and 0.010 mg/kg. A decrease in the levels of both arsenic and mercury in pig tissues was found during the period studied, which may be due to a decrease in the use of fish meal in pig feed.

Keywords

ARSENIC, CADMIUM, KIDNEY, LEAD, LIVER, MEAT, MERCURY

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