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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES (IJCCP )

E-I SSN 2545-5265
P- ISSN 2695-1916
VOL. 11 NO. 2 2025
DOI: 10.56201/ijccp.vol.11.no2.2025.pg31.36

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Assessment of the Health Risk of Using Some Creams Sold in Supermarkets in Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Erepamowei Young and Douye Parkinson Markmanuel

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Abstract

Heavy metals in cosmetic formulations can pose side effects. Mercury can cause migraine, leukemia, cancer, tubular necrosis; lead can cause kidney, skin and liver damage; cadmium can cause breakage of bone, Renal dysfunction; chromium can cause nose cancer, asthma. Cream samples (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and I) were acid-digested using standard methods and metal contents were determined in the resulting liquid samples using flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer. The concentrations of Fe in cream A and B were below 0.01 mg/kg. The concentration patterns found in the respective samples were: Cream A (Zn ? Cu ? Pb ? Cd); Cream B (Zn ? Cu ? Cd ? Pb); Cream C (Zn ? Pb ? Cu ? Cd ? Fe); Cream D (Zn ? Cu ? Cd ? Pb ? Fe); Cream E (Zn ? Fe ? Cu ? Cd ? Pb); Cream F (Cd ? Pb ? Cu ? Fe ? Zn); Cream G (Cu ? Zn ? Cd ? Pb ? Fe); Cream H (Zn ? Cd ? Pb ? Fe ? Cu); Cream I (Fe ? Cd ? Pb ? Cu ? Zn); and Cream J (Pb ? Cd ? Zn ? Cu ? Fe). The Chronic Daily Intake values were all less than their Rfd values indicating no health risk. The Hazard Quotient and Hazard Index values were do not indicate any health risk. The results shows that no health is associated with the use of Creams A – J.

keywords:

cream, health, risk

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