Evaluation of Potentially Toxic Trace Metals and Associated Health Risk Assessment in Buffalo Milk.

ABSTRACT: The contamination of toxic trace metals in the food chain is one of the major threats to human health. Milk is part of a balanced diet, which is essential for proper growth, but the ingestion of contaminated milk may cause chronic health disorders. The present study is focused on the assessment of contamination of toxic trace metals in buffalo milk and the associated health risks to the consumers of Abbottabad, Pakistan. Standard analytical methods were employed to quantify the metal contents in the milk samples collected from various shops and homes in the months from June 2021 to October 2021. Health risk assessment was accomplished by computing estimated daily intake (EDI), health risk index (HRI), target hazard quotient (THQ), hazard index (HI), and target cancer risk (TCR). On a compa

SUBMITTER: Rafiq A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9691157 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature