“…In two recent papers, the ICP OES and ICP-MS techniques were shown to be adequate and complementary for the determination of a variety of elements (As, Cd, Ca, Co, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in liquid sweeteners (Sousa et al 2006(Sousa et al , 2007. The authors also verified an analytical signal corresponding to Se, although this element was not expected to be present in this kind of sample.…”