Heavy Metals

– The laboratory is specialized in detecting heavy elements and metals in foods (vegetables and fruits), food supplements, water, soil, and environmental samples, where heavy elements that pose a danger to humans and environment are analyzed, such as:
Antimony (Sb), Cobalt (Co), Copper (Cu), Nickel (Ni), Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As), Iron (Fe), Aluminum (Al), Selenium (Se), Chromium (Cr), Manganese (Mn), Zinc (Zn), Tin (Sn), Calcium (Ca), Sodium (Na), Barium (Ba), Potassium (K), Phosphorus (P), and Magnesium (Mg).

Heavy Metals Lab provides the latest hardware and technology in heavy metal detection to meet customers’ needs and to get fast and reliable results. Plasma induction device with optical emission detector (ICP-OES) and plasma induction device coupled with a mass spectrometer detector (ICP-MS) are capable of detecting most elements of the periodic table in concentrations as low as part per trillion (ppt). It is also able to detect more than one element per sample at the same time, which shortens the analysis time.

In addition, the heavy metals lab is able to identify manganese, cobalt, nickel, copper, chromium, aluminum, iron, zinc, arsenic, cadmium, antimony and lead in water simulators of plastics used in food packaging by using plasma induction device paired with mass spectrometer detector ICP-MS.

Recently, the Heavy Elements Lab is equipped with plasma induction device paired with triple mass spectrometer detector paired with chromatographic ion separator IC-ICP MS/MS, to separate and detect different heavy elements equivalencies; it is an ideal way to determine different element equivalencies, which can be important in determining sample safety or toxicity.

Items in which heavy elements and metals can be analyzed:
All types of fresh and processed food “vegetables and fruits, food supplement samples, plastics used in food packaging, water samples, soil samples etc.”.