Health Risks Linked to Heavy Metal Contamination in Buffalo and Cow Milk in Peshawar

Abstract

Nowadays, lot of food products are manufactured in industrial settings. Milk is among the most important and widely recognized thing that may be addressed. The most major pollutants, known as heavy metals, affect the composition of dairy and milk products. The current study estimates the effects of selected heavy metals on human health as well as their concentration ranges in cattle (Buffalo, Cow) milk, with a focus on heavy metals in milk procedures and regulatory limits. The collected data was analyzed in statistical software package SPSS. In order to check the significant differences among the samples LSD test was applied along with one-way ANOVA. According to the localities the most contaminate samples were listed from the Ring Road (0.8945) as compared to others (p<0.05) whereas, the minimum contamination was recorded in the milk samples collected from Sadar Bazar (0.2796). Concentration of selected metals in all samples exceeded the maximum permissible limit established by codex standard. The values of zinc were significant (P<0.05). Hazard to target When the quotient number is larger than 1, it suggests that there are certain health hazards related with consumption of milk.