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

Open Chemistry

Volume 14, Issue 1, 1 December 2016, Pages 33-36

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Roman, A.^a , 

Popiela-Pleban, E.^a, 

Migdał, P.^a, 

Kruszyński, W.^b

 

^a  Department of Environment, Animal Hygiene and Welfare, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego 38C, Wrocław, Poland
^b  Department of Genetics, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego 38C, Wrocław, Poland 

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Abstract

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). © 2016 Adam Roman et al., published by De Gruyter Open.

Author keywords

bee bread; bee pollen; industrialized region; toxic metals

ISSN: 23915420 CODEN: OCPHCSource Type: Journal Original language: English

DOI: 10.1515/chem-2016-0007Document Type: Article

Publisher: De Gruyter Open Ltd

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  Roman, A.; Department of Environment, Animal Hygiene and Welfare, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego 38C, Poland; email:adam.roman@up.wroc.pl
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