As, Cr, Cd, and Pb in Bee Products from a Polish Industrialized Region

Roman Adam; Popiela-Pleban Ewa; Migdał Paweł; Kruszyński Wojciech

doi:10.1515/chem-2016-0007

Open Chemistry (Jan 2016)

As, Cr, Cd, and Pb in Bee Products from a Polish Industrialized Region

Roman Adam,
Popiela-Pleban Ewa,
Migdał Paweł,
Kruszyński Wojciech

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Roman Adam: Department of Environment, Animal Hygiene and Welfare, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego 38C, 51-630 Wrocław, Poland
Popiela-Pleban Ewa: Department of Environment, Animal Hygiene and Welfare, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego 38C, 51-630 Wrocław, Poland
Migdał Paweł: Department of Environment, Animal Hygiene and Welfare, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego 38C, 51-630 Wrocław, Poland
Kruszyński Wojciech: Department of Genetics, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego 38C, 51-630 Wrocław, Poland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/chem-2016-0007
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 33 – 36

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Bee pollen and bee bread from stationary apiaries in the southwest Polish Legnica-Glogow copper district (LGOM) were analyzed for Cr, Pb, Cd and As by ICP-AES. Their concentrations in both products were As > Cr > Pb > Cd. Concentrations in bee pollen were higher than in bee bread. Average Cr, Pb, As and Cd concentrations in bee products were 0.138, 0.093, 0.325, and 0.019 mg kg−1, respectively. Chromium was the most problematic element in bee pollen because its concentration limit was exceeded in more than 50% of the samples. Differences in Cd level between bee pollen and bread were significant (p ≤ 0.05)

Published in Open Chemistry

ISSN: 2391-5420 (Online)
Publisher: De Gruyter
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/CHEM/html

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