Ctrophotometyric Determination of Heavy Metal (Lead) in Cosmetics (Lipsticks) in Commercial Markets

Abstract

In the recent years an significant rise were occurred due to exposure human being of heavy metal . There are
no escaping from exposure to toxic chemical and heavy metal . The aim of this study was to determine and
evaluate the risk heavy metal in lipstick on the public health, so we selected one heavy metal (lead) in the
randomly selected lipstick samples from local markets . We determine lead in 28 lipstick products samples.
Cosmetic products have a wide number of forms and uses ,many of them contain chemical compounds
that may passé through the skin. High concentration of heavy metal in lipsticks which could form potential
health risk on public health , especially we know this lead accumulate in biological system . we used to
determine lead spectrophotometer technique . The samples were analyzed based on international standard
by using (HNO3 ; H2O2) method . The concentration of maximum lead in random samples was (1.4) ppm
, while the minimum lead was (0.02)ppm .This results were below the recommended limits of the united
state Food and Drug Administration .In manufacturing of lipsticks must be monitoring the components
and chemicals used . Also quality control take place to check the concentration of heavy metal in lipstick
products in each country .