Heavy metals in local and imported cosmetics in Ghana and their health risk assessment
Abstract: This study aimed to determine the levels of heavy metal(loid)s in local and imported cosmetics purchased from the Kejetia market and to conduct their health risk assessment.Seven (7) metal(loid)s (Pb, Cd, As, Fe, Ni, Cr, and Hg) were analyzed in twenty-one (21) cosmetic samples.Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) was used in Inline - Too