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Gaballa, A., Shehata, N., El-Maadawy, A., Hamouda, A. (2013). ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: LEVELS OF METAL CONTENTS IN DRINKING WATER AND IN TEA LEAVES COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN EGYPT AND THEIR INFUSIONS. Journal of Productivity and Development, 18(2), 115-128. doi: 10.21608/jpd.2013.42555
Akmal Gaballa; Nahed Shehata; Ahdab El-Maadawy; Adel Hamouda. "ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: LEVELS OF METAL CONTENTS IN DRINKING WATER AND IN TEA LEAVES COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN EGYPT AND THEIR INFUSIONS". Journal of Productivity and Development, 18, 2, 2013, 115-128. doi: 10.21608/jpd.2013.42555
Gaballa, A., Shehata, N., El-Maadawy, A., Hamouda, A. (2013). 'ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: LEVELS OF METAL CONTENTS IN DRINKING WATER AND IN TEA LEAVES COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN EGYPT AND THEIR INFUSIONS', Journal of Productivity and Development, 18(2), pp. 115-128. doi: 10.21608/jpd.2013.42555
Gaballa, A., Shehata, N., El-Maadawy, A., Hamouda, A. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: LEVELS OF METAL CONTENTS IN DRINKING WATER AND IN TEA LEAVES COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN EGYPT AND THEIR INFUSIONS. Journal of Productivity and Development, 2013; 18(2): 115-128. doi: 10.21608/jpd.2013.42555

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: LEVELS OF METAL CONTENTS IN DRINKING WATER AND IN TEA LEAVES COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN EGYPT AND THEIR INFUSIONS

Article 1, Volume 18, Issue 2, April 2013, Page 115-128  XML PDF (565.38 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jpd.2013.42555
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Authors
Akmal Gaballa* 1; Nahed Shehata1; Ahdab El-Maadawy1; Adel Hamouda2
1Faculty of Specific Education, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
2Hydro-chemistry Department, Desert Research Center, Egypt
Abstract
Na, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, Zn, Cu, Co, Cd, Pb, Ba, Al, B, Cr, Mo, Ni, Sr, V, As, Hg, Se and Sb contents of the used drinking water and commercially available Egyptian tea leaves (Al-Arosa, Lipton, Dilma Black Teas and Dr Life green Tea) and their infusions were analyzed by Inductively coupled plasma spectrometry (ICPS), Flame photometer, and UV/Visible spectrophotometer. The used drinking water was characterized by its low content of metal ions and some metal ions (As, Hg, Se and Sb) were low to be detected. The metal contents of tea leaves were found to be higher than those of tea infusions. In both black tea leaves and their infusions levels of metals (Fe, Co, Cd, B, Cr, Mo, V and Pb) were too low assuring that the commercially available Egyptian tea possess no health risk from toxic elements. The concentrations of metals in the four tea brands were found in the following order; K > Mg > Mn > Zn> Ba > Al > Ni.
Conclusively, from these results it could be concluded that drinking tap water and tea brands infusions under investigation are safe for public health and provide an acceptable quantity of mineral and trace elements per day.
 
Keywords
Drinking water; Black tea; green tea; Tea infusion; Heavy metals; Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrophotometer (ICPS)
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