Health Risk Assessment of Consumption of Commercial Fruit Juices Marketed in Hamedan City Based on Potential Risk of Zn and Cd

Authors
Hossein Ghasemkhani
Soheil Sobhanardakani
Mehrdad Cheraghi
Abstract
Introduction and Aims

As regards of industrial fruit juices are tasty and usually have exceptional nutritional qualities, they are one of the most popular beverages worldwide. Due to these products can be a potential source of toxic and carcinogenic elements, this study was carried out for analysis and health risk assessment of Zn and Cd in some commercial fruit juices marketed in Hamedan City in 2015.

Materials and Methods

After purchase and prepare of 16 samples of fruit juices, the concentrations of elements were determined using ICP-OES and health index was obtained. All statistical analyses (Shapiro-Wilk test and One-Sample t-test) were performed using the SPSS v.20 statistical package.

Results

The maximum mean concentrations of Zn and Cd in fruit juice samples were 0.30±0.12 and 0.40±0.10 mg/l, respectively. Also the mean concentration of Cd in samples was upper than WHO and EPA maximum permissible limits (MPL). The results of HI showed that the HI for children and adult were 0.0011 and 0.00023, respectively for Zn, and for Cd were 0.36 and 0.077, respectively for children and adult and less than 1 for both analyzed elements.

Conclusion

According to the results, there was no health risk due to commercial fruit juice consumption, but because of heavy metals bio concentration and non-biodegradable potential, long-term health problems would not be unexpected in uncontrolled consumptions.



* Corresponding Author: Islamic Azad University Hamedan Branch, Department of the Environment.

E-mail: s_sobhan@iauh.ac.ir
Keywords
zinc
cadmium
fruit juice
Risk
Health
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