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Metal distribution in tissues of free‐range chickens near a lead–zinc mine in Kabwe, Zambia
Author(s) -
Yabe John,
Nakayama Shouta M.M.,
Ikenaka Yoshinori,
Muzandu Kaampwe,
Choongo Kennedy,
Mainda Geoffrey,
Kabeta Matthew,
Ishizuka Mayumi,
Umemura Takashi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.2029
Subject(s) - broiler , zinc , zoology , veterinary medicine , environmental science , biology , chemistry , medicine , organic chemistry
Concentrations of Pb, Cd, and other metals in tissues of 17 free‐range and 32 commercial broiler chickens from the Kabwe mining town in Zambia were determined. Mean concentrations of Pb and Cd exceeded maximum levels for human consumption in some organs including muscle (Pb only) in free‐range chickens, in contrast to low levels in broiler chickens. Human consumers in Kabwe could be exposed to Pb and Cd in free‐range chickens. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2013;32:189–192. © 2012 SETAC