Section outline


  • The objective of the Session: 
    • Heavy Metals
    • Heavy Metals in Food Chain and Food Commodities 
    • Sources of heavy metals pollution
    • Pathway of metal transfer from food production to human consumption
    • Acute and Chronic Exposure to human health
    • Big five heavy metals (Arsenic, Chromium, Cadmium, Mercury, and Lead)
    1. Lead and its effects on human health
    2. Chromium and its effects on human health
    3. Cadmium and its effects on human health
    4. Mercury and its effects on human health
    5. Arsenic and its effects on human health
    • Heavy metal analysis by instrument