Determination of the Levels of Heavy Metals and Formaldehyde in Baby Clothes in South Africa: A Case Study of Stores in the Greater Cape Town Region

Table 5

Heavy metal concentrations (mg/kg) in various textile apparel purchased from high-end market stores after wet digestion.

Heavy metal	SD	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	T7	T8	T9	T10	T11	T12	T13	T14	T15	T16	T17	Min.	Max.
Pb	0.049	0.027	2.745	2.170	0.024	1.891	8.953	0.020	0.131	16.738	0.267	0.169	0.029	0.043	0.035	0.379	0.379	0.225	0.020	16.738
As	0.046	0.033	n.d	n.d	n.d	n.d	n.d	0.008	n.d	n.d	0.006	0.025	n.d	0.009	0.012	0.014	0.012	0.011	0.009	0.033
Co	0.041	0.003	0.158	n.d	0.004	n.d	n.d	0.001	0.002	n.d	0.010	0.004	0.032	0.007	0.003	0.005	0.001	0.005	0.001	0.158
Cr	0.033	n.d	2.683	2.305	0.133	2.658	3.249	0.053	0.067	3.263	0.139	0.175	0.835	0.432	0.278	0.230	0.189	0.365	0.053	3.263
Ni	0.100	n.d	26.315	28.098	0.115	26.215	31.972	0.039	0.066	36.715	0.081	0.072	0.259	0.141	0.120	0.101	0.068	0.093	0.039	36.715
Cd	0.009	0.001	0.280	0.284	0.002	0.247	0.760	0.002	0.012	0.914	0.007	0.017	0.425	0.004	0.003	0.008	0.014	0.018	0.001	0.914

n.d: not detected.