Title
THE RESEARCH ON MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION IN SKIN PRODUCTS OF HUMAN AND ANIMALS ON URBANIZED AREAS
Autor
Zbigniew Dobrzański, Janusz Bolanowski, Przemysław Pokorny, Bożena Patkowska-Sokoła, Wojciech Zawadzki
Keywords
total and assimilated mercury, hair, pelage, seta, wool, feathers
Abstract
The research on mercury accumulation in hair of human, pelage of horses, cows, pigs and donkeys, wool of sheep and rabbits and feathers of hens were conducted. The content of total (unwashed samples) and assimilated (washed samples) Hg was determined using TMA-254 spectrophotometer. The highest amount of total and assimilated mercury was observed in samples of human hair (max 0.309 mg/kg). The biggest differences between total and assimilated content were in pigs pelage (77.8%) and in poultry feathers (60.0%). The total Hg content in analysed samples was in following order: human>dog>hen>rabbit>pig>horse>cow>donkey>sheep.
Pages
3-9
Cite
Dobrzański, Z., Bolanowski, J., Pokorny, P., Patkowska-Sokoła, B., Zawadzki, W. (2007). THE RESEARCH ON MERCURY BIOACCUMULATION IN SKIN PRODUCTS OF HUMAN AND ANIMALS ON URBANIZED AREAS. Acta Sci. Pol. Med. Vet., 6(3), 3-9.
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