Heavy metals (Cr, Pb, Cd, Ni) in aerosols emitted from electronic cigarettes sold in Malaysia

Nawaltul Akma, Binti Ahmad Sabri and Lee, Len Tiong and Chuo, Yew Ting and Hazalinawati, Zailani and Li, Ping Wong and Nasrin, Agha Mohammadi and Lawrence, Anchah (2019) Heavy metals (Cr, Pb, Cd, Ni) in aerosols emitted from electronic cigarettes sold in Malaysia. Journal of environmental science and health. Part A, Toxic/hazardous substances & environmental engineering., 55 (1). pp. 1-8. ISSN 1532-4117

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Abstract

While past studies have detected heavy metals in aerosols emitted from electronic cigarettes (ECIG), they have provided little information detailing the practical implications of the findings to the Malaysian population due to variations between products. The aims of this study were to analyse heavy metals of interest (HMOI) in the aerosols emitted from selected ECIG and to evaluate potential health risks by referring to the permissible daily exposure (PDE) from inhalational medications defined by the United States Pharmacopeia Chapter 232. All four HMOI were detected in aerosols emitted from the selected ECIG in Sarawak. Among the four, Cr was present at the highest median levels (6.86 ng/m3 ), followed by Ni (0.30 ng/m3 ), Pb (0.19 ng/m3 ) and Cd (0.01 ng/m3 ). Five out of 100 combinations (5%) of ECIG and ECIG liquids were found to emit Cr that exceed the recommended PDE. Future studies examining more heavy metal variants, using a larger sample size and different analytical techniques to compare various ECIGs are recommended.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Heavy metals; Malaysia; aerosol; electronic cigarettes, unimas, university, universiti, Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Samarahan, ipta, education, research, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
Subjects: Q Science > QD Chemistry
R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Divisions: Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Depositing User: Gani
Date Deposited: 07 Oct 2019 04:17
Last Modified: 08 Apr 2021 02:26
URI: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27269

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