“…Several methods employed to determine lead levels of refined petroleum products by earlier studies are flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS; Sebor et al, 1982;Osinbanjo et al, 1984;Hammond et al, 1998), electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ET-AAS; Gonzalez et al, 1987;Korn et al, 2007), inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES; Borszeki et al, 1992;Brenner et al, 1996;Korn et al, 2007), and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS;Al-Swaidan, 1996;Botto, 2002;Pereira et al, 2010). ICP-MS is highly sensitive multielement technique, but the introduction of organic solvents and the compounds in plasma requires special care similar to ICP-OES, because the organic load may destabilize or extinguish the plasma (Lord, 1991).…”