Przemysl Chemiczny, Vol.88, No.5, 420-426, 2009
Multielemental analysis of human hair as the method of biomonitoring of industrial pollution present in the environment and food
Hair taken from 31 males and 35 females living in the Wroclaw agglomeration (Poland) was analyzed by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy, with pneumatic or ultrasonic nebulization for content of 32 elements polluting the environment. The highest av, contents showed S, Ca, Na, Si, K, Zn, P and Mg. The av. content of Al, B, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, Ti, V and Zr were 16.6%., 8.67%, 0-36%, 21.3%, 22.1%, 1.79%, 0.66%, 1.38%, 3.60%, 2.86%, 1.56% and 2.09%, resp. The Ag, Ca, Co, Mg, Tl, V and Zn contents were higher in the group of females while the As, K and Na contents in the group of males with a statistical significance below 0.05. The intercorrelation in 3 groups of elements (Ag, Cu), (Cd, Pb, Mn, Cr, Zr) and (Hg, Pt) was found. The data were compared with literature ones with results of a previous study (K. Chojnacka et al., 2005 and 2006).