تقييم بيئي لتلوث منتجات اللحوم بعنصر الحديد في أسوق مدينة السماوة

Abstract EN

The study aimed to identify the level of contamination of meat products with heavy metals in terms of iron for several locations representing five main markets in Samawah city.

The study focused on red meat (cattle meat), and white meat (chicken and fish), with its two kinds, fresh and frozen.

Also, the samples were collected over two seasons; both summer and winter of 2022, depending on the geographic analytical method in analyzing the data of the study.

The study reached a set of results, the most important of which is that there is an increase in the focus of iron values in the whole of meat products according to the allowed healthy limit, especially in summer season.

Also, the study performed a statistical analysis to identify the nature of correlation between spatial conditions and contamination with iron element.