This study deals with the determination of total mercury concentration in the water
taken from three sites on Al-Kabeer Al-Shemaly River ( near the industrial area and Al-
Damat Lake, and 16 Tishreen Lake), also the effect of some physio-chemical p
arameters
including: DO, pH, T °C. of water in the three sites was studied.
Results showed that the total mercury concentration was low in general, where the
medium concentration in the three studied sites was 0.29 ppb and it was less than the
permission level of total mercury in the surface water(> 10 ppb), the higher value of the
medium concentration of total mercury(0.35, 0.31, 0.21)ppb was recorded in the Industrial
Area, Damat Lake, then 16 Tishreen Lake, respectively. For the changes in the total
concentration of mercury in the three studied sites during seasons of a year, was higher in
Summer comparing with other seasons. The results showed positive correlation coefficient
between the total mercury concentration and temperature, pH value, but it was negative
with DO in Summer.
The samples of bee pollen were collected from inside and outside
the honey beehives of apiaries situated in five different locations of
Latakia; Al-Qardahah, Al-Haffeh, Jableh, Latakia city and Eastern
Entryway to Latakia during the autumn in 2014
. The
concentrations of three heavy metals, zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), cadmium
(Cd) were determined in pollen by using atomic absorption.
This study was conducted to determine some heavy minerals in different types of
canned meat sold in the domestic market. Most of those cans were imported and processed
in different countries and they have different brands. The chosen samples after
ashing were
prepared by using concentrated extra pure Nitric and Hydrochloric acids .The ratios of the
minerals )pb , Cd , Ni , Zn , Cu , Mn , Fe ( were determined by Atomic Absorption
Spectrophotometry , and the content was expressed as (p.p.m) wet weight. It was observed
that the levels of Lead, Iron, and Cadimum, in all different samples were higher than the
permitted limlts according to the Syrian Standards . The Cu level in both , tuna and sardine
was within the permitted limits, but it was higher in the chicken Lunchoen. The level of
Zinc was within the permitted limits according to the Syrian standards. The highest ratio of
Lead was observed in the sardine imported from Morocco which was 8.765 p.p.m and in
the Lunchoen processed in Syria which was 5.18 p.p.m ,and both ratios are much higher
than the permitted limits according to the Syrian Standards.
In this study, the concentration of Pb and Cd was determined in some agricultural
products in order to compare this concentration and to know the capacity of these products
to accumulate these two elements. The samples were digested by nitric acid
and the
elements were determined by the atomic absorption spectroscopy. The results showed that
the concentration of lead and cadmium in protected products was less than the
concentration in unprotected products, and the concentration of lead was more than the
cadmium, these results can be explained by the extensive use of lead and the unprotected
agriculture products were exposed to the air pollution more than the protected products.
This study was conducted in the Syrian coastal region, and the honey samples have
been collected from eight different sites belonging to the provinces of Latakia and Tartous
during the autumn of 2012. Their content of heavy metals (zinc, copper, le
ad & cadmium)
was estimated by Atomic Absorption at the Higher Institute for Environmental Research at
Tishreen University. The results showed that zinc concentration in the bee honey samples
ranged from 2.86 to 12.64 mg / kg (mean 7.98±3.67), and copper ranged from 0.125 to
0.652 mg / kg (mean 0.328±0.176 ), lead ranged from 0.084 to 0.378 mg / kg (mean
0.205±0.112), cadmium ranged from 0.0002 to 0.0132 mg / kg (mean 0.0053±0.0052). The
results indicated that the largest amounts of heavy metals were found in honey sample
taken from the apiary which is located at the eastern entrance of Latakia city (near Joud
factory), while the lower concentrations of zinc and lead were in Banias area (Wadi Al
Saqi), and the least concentration of copper was in Safita area, and of cadmium was in the
Gablah area (Bani Qahtan Castle).Comparing elements concentration in the studied honey
samples, Zinc concentration was found to be the highest, followed by copper, lead and then
finally cadmium.The results of statistical analysis indicated the existence of significant
differences between the studied sites during the autumn of 2012.
تحري الرصاص في ألعاب الأطفال المستوردة والمصنعة محلياً:يعتبر الرصاص من المواد الاكثر سمية وخاصة لدى الأطفال حيث يعتبر صغار السن من اكثر الفئات عرضة للأذيات الدماغية لانهم في مرحلة النمو
This study aims to compare the results of two methods ,used to determinate arsenic in mixed and aqueous media: proposed potintiometrc titration and referenced atomic absorption and then applied the proposed method to some environmental samples.
In
this paper, Arsenic)III( has been titrated with iodine in aqueous and mixed media using the direct method and platinum electrode after choosing optimal technical and analytical conditions.
The atomic absorption, which is often used to determine the arsenic in many applications, has been chosen as comparison guide, where the reaction take place between sodium borate (NaBH4) and arsenic Acid H3AsO3 to produce the effective compound AsH3 used to determine arsenic by this instrument . Different statistical treatments were used to evaluate the result of the determination of arsenic in desired media.
The result of this investigation suggest that , it’s highly recommend to use the proposed method for its high efficiency, ease, simplicity and low cost comparing with atomic absorption technique that requires expensive equipment
This research was to study the transition of tin to fruit cans, and its
adverse effects to food and human health.
Lead levels were determined in 52 baby food samples dedicated to feeding
children from birth until the age of 12 months. These samples were consisting
of dried cow's milk, rice, wheat, cereal, fruits in addition to samples of human
milk. Samples w
ere exposed to welt digestions and lead level was determined
using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometer, and results were
compared with the certified reference samples. Results indicated that that
different levels of leads were determined in the samples studied and it was in
the lowest concentration (5.72 μg/kg diet) in canned fruits and in the highest
concentration (121.35 μg/kg) in cereal samples ranged. Other interface levels of
leads were found in the other baby food and reached 20.41μg/L in human milk,
84.32 μg/kg of cow´s milk provided from for 0 to 6 months of age, 98.15 μg/kg
of cow´s milk provided at age 6 to 12 months, and 92.62, 99.94 μg/kg in
formulas containing rice and wheat, respectively. While formulas based on
cereal had the biggest.
