Research Article
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 7
Heavy metal concentrations (mg/kg) in various textile apparel after extraction with artificial sweat.
| Shop A samples | Pb | As | Co | Cr | Ni | Cd |
| L3 | 0.075 | n.d | 0.090 | 0.260 | 0.082 | 0.004 | L6 | 0.089 | n.d | n.d | 0.165 | 0.062 | 0.006 | L7 | 0.056 | n.d | n.d | 0.184 | 0.066 | 0.004 | L8 | 0.045 | n.d | 1.05 | 0.262 | 0.121 | 0.004 | L9 | 0.167 | n.d | n.d | 0.265 | 0.072 | 0.004 | L10 | 0.150 | n.d | n.d | 0.331 | 0.116 | 0.018 | L11 | 0.091 | n.d | n.d | 0.195 | 0.092 | 0.005 | L12 | 0.022 | n.d | n.d | 0.202 | 0.073 | 0.003 | L14 | 1.658 | n.d | n.d | 0.185 | 0.097 | 0.003 | L15 | 0.038 | n.d | 0.013 | 0.178 | 0.097 | 0.003 | L16 | 0.018 | n.d | 0.004 | 0.182 | 0.082 | 0.023 | L17 | 0.047 | n.d | 0.005 | 0.371 | 0.115 | 0.003 | T2 | 0.006 | n.d | n.d | n.d | n.d | 0.001 | T3 | 0.028 | n.d | n.d | n.d | n.d | 0.001 | T5 | 1.492 | n.d | n.d | 0.125 | 0.072 | 0.004 | T6 | 0.057 | n.d | n.d | 0.112 | 0.095 | 0.004 | T9 | 0.093 | n.d | n.d | 0.140 | 0.102 | 0.005 | T12 | n.d | n.d | n.d | n.d | n.d | 0.002 |
| Minimum | 0.006 | — | 0.001 | 0.112 | 0.062 | 0.001 | Maximum | 1.658 | — | 1.05 | 0.371 | 0.121 | 0.018 |
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Oeko-Tex standard 100 limit values: Pb < 0.2; As < 0.2; Co < 1.0; Cr < 1.0; Ni < 0.1; Cd < 0.1.
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