Comparative study of heavy metals content in cosmetic products of different countries marketed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Ullah, Hussain; Noreen, Shamsa; Fozia, Fozia; Rehman, Ali; Waseem, Amir; Zubair, Shumaila; Adnan, Muhammad; Ahmad, Ijaz

doi:10.1016/j.arabjc.2013.09.021

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“…Faruruwa and Bartholomew reported the level of cadmium in cosmetic powders within the range of 0.1-0.5 mg/ kg, which is consistent with the present study [16]. Other studies also reported similar findings in Nigeria [3] and Pakistan [4]. However, other surveys recorded higher concentrations of cadmium in face powder cosmetics [2,17].…”

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confidence: 66%

“…Even though lead was not detected in these cosmetics in this survey which is in agreement with the findings of other work [16], many studies in various countries investigated a wide concentration range of lead in cosmetic powder samples [2][3][4][5]18]. The levels of zinc content in these samples in this work were lower than the values obtained in other surveys.…”

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confidence: 49%

“…Some toxic heavy metals such as lead, and cadmium have been found in cosmetic powders [2][3][4][5]. Nevertheless, beauty consciousness of individuals has set the demand of cosmetic products in the market, and hence the associated side effects with these products have been a health issue [6,7].…”

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“…Ullah [13] defined heavy metals as the generic term for metallic elements which have density five times greater than density of water, but as stated by Duffus [14], the term "heavy metals" has been given wide range of meaning by many authors, and it has never been defined by any authoritative body such as IUPAC. However, "heavy metals" is often used as a group name for metals and metalloids that have been associated with contamination and potential toxicity or ecotoxicity.…”

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“…The term "heavy metals" as used in this article refers to lead, mercury, arsenic, and chromium. Lead, mercury, and arsenic are widely dispersed in environment and generally considered as the most toxic to human and animals [13]. Along with chromium, they are elements that have been associated with vehicle emissions as well repair and manufacturing activities such as painting and welding.…”

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Assessment of Heavy Metals on Occupationally Exposed Workers from Hair Analysis

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The use of human hair as a tool in assessing changes and abnormalities in human bodies has been increasing for last decades since it may reflect the health status or environmental condition of habitation or working place of individuals as well as population groups. Compared to other body tissue or fluids, hair provides an ease of elemental analysis especially in reflecting the long-term exposure. This research was conducted to determine the elemental content especially heavy metals, since they are bioaccumulated in human body organs and impact human health, in hair of workshop workers and traffic services officers as exposed groups and its comparison with control group and references data for assessing of occupational exposure. Thirty-five automotive workshop workers and 32 traffic services officers' hair specimens were collected in Bandung, while hair specimens of the control group were collected from 43 healthy individuals. The elemental concentrations in hair specimen were analyzed using neutron activation analysis (NAA) for mercury and chromium, and atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) for lead and arsenic. The accuracy of the method was evaluated using GBW 07601 human hair certified reference material (CRM) and it was found to give good results in accordance with the certificate values. It was found that chromium, lead, and arsenic hair concentration in exposed groups (0.88, 10.7, and 0.051 mg/kg, respectively) were higher than in control group (0.27, 4.52, and 0.045 mg/kg, respectively), while mercury hair concentration of traffic services officers were higher than control group but mercury hair concentration of automotive workshop workers were lower than in control group (1.41 mg/kg). The t-test statistical results shown that mercury concentrations in one exposed group did not differ significantly from the control, but other exposed groups showed otherwise. The level of mercury in hair is strongly attributed not only to environmental exposure, but also to lifestyle and dietary habits, while t-test statistical results of chromium and lead differ significantly with p value < 0.05. These results indicate that heavy metal hair concentrations were well quantified to show the abnormalities of elemental concentration in human hair for evaluating the occupational exposure.

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A tandem ionic liquid‐based dispersive microextraction method using in‐syringe air‐assisted vesicle system for rapid determination of lead and cadmium in artificial sweat extract of facial cosmetic products

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Kazi

Afridi

et al. 2020

Applied Organom Chemis

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In the present study an innovative tandem ionic liquid‐based dispersive microextraction method using an in‐syringe air‐assisted vesicle system was developed to determine the ultra‐trace levels of lead (PbII) and cadmium (CdII) ions in synthetic sweat extract of branded and nonbranded facial cosmetic products. This method is based on injecting 2‐amino‐3‐sulfhydrylpropanoic acid (l‐cysteine) (as an eco‐friendly chelating agent), hexafluorophosphate ion [PF6−] (as an ion pair agent) and 1‐hexyl‐3‐methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate [HMIM] [PF6] (as an acceptor phase) into the synthetic sweat extract of facial cosmetic products (branded and nonbranded). The acceleration of the dispersion process was carried out by rapid pressure in the syringe through the back‐and‐forth movement of plunger. The sediment phase was removed following centrifugation, and then hydrophobic complexes of analyte were back‐extracted into HNO3 and finally injected into a flame atomic absorption spectrometer. Several factors were systematically optimized. The validity of the methodology was tested by analyzing spiked known standards of both metals in a real sample. The proposed method was applied to the artificial sweat extracts of face makeup products, indicating how much toxic metals from different cosmetics are directly absorbed into skin.

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Comparative study of heavy metals content in cosmetic products of different countries marketed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Cited by 127 publications

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Metals Contamination in Face Powders and their Associated Health Risks to the Users in Mekelle, Ethiopia

Metals Contamination in Face Powders and their Associated Health Risks to the Users in Mekelle, Ethiopia

Assessment of Heavy Metals on Occupationally Exposed Workers from Hair Analysis

A tandem ionic liquid‐based dispersive microextraction method using in‐syringe air‐assisted vesicle system for rapid determination of lead and cadmium in artificial sweat extract of facial cosmetic products

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