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Yemataw Addis Alemu

Yemataw Addis Alemu

Hwassa University, Ethiopia

Title: Determination of heavy metals in some imported and locall produced edible oils in marketed in addis ababa, Ethiopia

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Abstract

The concentrations of heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn) in edible oil samples collected from different retailers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia were determined by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer after wet digestion using a mixture of 69% HNO3 and 30% H2O2 (2: 1 v/v). The contents of the analyzed heavy metals ranged from ND-0.063 (Cd), ND–0.207 (Cr), 0.182–1.01 (Cu), 0.652–2.022 (Mn), ND–0.296 (Ni), ND–0.303 (Pb) and ND-15.020 (Zn) μg/g.Mn and Cu were found in all edible oil samples. Zn was also detected in all samples except in Orkide. Four metals (Cd, Pb, Ni & Cr) were found below the method detection limit in the majority of the samples except for Cd in Viking; Pb in Pflanzenol and Hayat; Ni in Viking and Orkide; and Cr in Viking and Orkide. The detected heavy metal contents of edible oils were found above the allowable limits set by different organizations except for Zn in some samples (Chief, Oki, Fortune, Hatun, Hayat, Pflanzenol and Viking). The levels of the majority of detected metals in the present study were found to be higher than the other literature values in many of the samples. However, due to the much lower estimated daily intake as compared to the TDI, consumption of these edible oils could not be a significant source of toxicity because of the assessed metals.