Assessment of Arsenic, Vanadium, Mercury, and Cadmium in Food and Drug Packaging
Senna Mukhi,
M. S. Rukmini,
Poornima Ajay Manjrekar
et al.
Abstract:Background Food and drug packaging materials are an integral part of our everyday life. Noxious elements can inadvertently be included in packaging materials in various stages of their production. Adulterants, adhesives, colorants and heavy metal interference are the common sources of contamination in food packaging materials. Heavy metal toxicity has far-reaching ill effects on living organisms. The present study aimed at qualitatively and quantitatively analysing heavy metal content of various materials tha… Show more
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