Assessment of Lead and Cadmium Levels in Frequently Used Cosmetic Products in Iran

Table 1

Concentration of lead and cadmium in different brands of cosmetic products.

Brand	Lead content (µg/g of wet weight)				Cadmium content (µg/g of wet weight)
	Min	Max	St. dev.	Average	Min	Max	St. dev.	Average
Lipstick
1	0.48	3.00	0.96	2.03	5.84	17.97	5.06	14.82
2	0.08	2.40	0.92	0.93	7.12	40.52	13.69	16.41
3	0.36	0.93	0.26	0.58	12.49	32.68	8.99	19.75
4	0.05	4.20	1.67	1.47	4.08	59.96	26.42	26.66
5	0.26	3.12	1.12	1.18	5.60	38.08	12.62	17.29
6	0.08	1.49	0.65	0.97	11.33	14.68	1.33	12.99
7	1.80	5.20	1.59	3.36	28.46	60.20	12.92	37.96
Eye shadow
1	4.47	6.90	1.22	1.55	20.72	50.62	15.30	33.72
2	2.27	2.70	0.22	2.50	17.62	55.59	21.75	30.47
3	3.74	6.00	1.15	5.00	1.54	39.18	19.13	22.35
4	0.85	1.63	0.42	1.15	6.42	41.32	19.44	28.82
5	2.57	4.57	1.07	3.35	16.75	24.01	3.90	21.23