A Field Study for Milk Safety and Quality Determination of Heavy Metal Concentration in Raw Milk

Abstract

In this chapter, a modest attempt has been made to study the heavy metal contamination including their bio-accumulation and toxic effects in our daily lives. It is the alarming hazards to the environment, especially in the industrial zones, that confirm the attention paid to these contaminants. The authors tried to determine the content of heavy metals (cadmium - Cd, lead - Pb, copper - Cu, zinc - Zn, nickel - Ni, manganese – Mn, and chromium - Cr) in the individual samples of cow milk from the farms in seven different localities. The distribution and dynamics of the determined heavy metals in the milk were recorded at different distances starting from the area of the industrial capacity. All the milk samples were analyzed properly, and the authors did chemical consumption and somatic cells and bacteria inside them. The findings were found within good agreements with others.