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Determination of Heavy Metals in Hair Dye Sale in Iranian Market: Dermal Sensitivity and Carcinogenicity Assessment

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Despite the high consumption of cosmetics especially hair dyes in Iran, limited studies have measured human exposure to heavy metals in these products. Therefore, due to the sensitivity of the issue from a health perspective, this study was performed for the purpose of dermal risk assessment of heavy metals in different brands of hair dyes in Kashan region. The present study is an analytical-observational study. In this study, 36 samples of hair dyes from four best-selling brands in Kashan market (Iran) were selected; then the concentration of lead, cadmium, nickel, chrome, and cobalt was measured by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) and reported as μg g−1 of dry weight; and finally, a health risk assessment was performed. The heavy metal concentrations in the hair dye samples were 1.825, 0.525, 48.15, 2.975, and 0.575 μg g−1 for Pb, Cd, Cr, Ni, and Co respectively that were lower than the permissible limit. Both of HI and LCR were below of 1 and 10−6 that indicated heavy metal in this study had not probable non-carcinogenic and carcinogenic risks for the consumers of these products. An exposure-based sensitization Quantitative Risk Assessment determined an absence of skin-sensitizing potential. However, Cr, Ni, and Co were found at concentrations above the allergenic limit of 5 μg g−1. According to the results, although due to low concentrations of toxic metals, there is a low level of exposure to heavy metals in hair dye users, but can cause potential health damage to users.

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This work was supported by the Vice Chancellor of Research & Technology kashan University of Medical Sciences under Grant number 97005.

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    Gholamreza Mostafaii, Fahimeh Karamali, Zahra abooSaedi & Mohammad Bagher Miranzadeh

  2. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran

    Gholamreza Mostafaii, Fatemeh Atoof & Mohammad Bagher Miranzadeh

  3. Departments of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran

    Fatemeh Atoof

  4. Student Research Committee, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Mohsen Hesami Arani

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Fahimeh karamali and Zahra abooSaedi collected the samples and carried out the experiments. Fahimeh karamali wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Gholamreza Mostafaii carried out the experiment (ICP-OES). Fatemeh Atoof carried out the data analysis. Mohammad bagher Miranzadeh, Fahimeh karamali, and Mohsen Hesami Arani edited the manuscript and reviewed the final version of manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript before submission. Mohsen Hesami Arani responded the reviewers’ comments.

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Mostafaii, G., Karamali, F., abooSaedi, Z. et al. Determination of Heavy Metals in Hair Dye Sale in Iranian Market: Dermal Sensitivity and Carcinogenicity Assessment. Biol Trace Elem Res 200, 1464–1472 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-021-02738-7

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