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

Table 4

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

Color	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
Black brown	0.10	5.20	1.87	1.55	1.52	60.20	19.16	18.21
Copper	0.48	4.97	1.74	2.21	5.84	43.36	16.26	27.20
Orange	0.10	2.68	1.11	1.07	10.76	59.90	17.57	25.54
Pink	0.32	3.20	0.75	1.37	4.08	31.90	10.43	13.30
Violet	0.23	3.12	1.04	1.49	12.42	28.46	5.45	17.26
Eye shadow
Blue	0.97	6.00	1.98	3.25	16.75	55.59	14.67	33.44
Green	1.63	6.90	2.01	3.57	1.54	22.92	9.42	13.96
Golden	0.85	5.60	2.02	3.76	17.62	50.62	13.45	34.55