Table 1 International standard guidelines showing the maximum heavy metal content (mg/Kg) for some metals.

From: Heavy metal in cosmetics and its risk to future generation in remote area of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Trarkhel District Sudhnoti

Sample nature

Available standards

Pb

Cd

Cu

Co

Fe

Cr

Ni

Ag

Zn

Mn

AS

Hg

Reference

*Drinking water

WHO

0.01

0.003

2

2

0.3

0.05

0.020

 

3

0.5

0.01

0.001,0.006(IM)

1,2

USEPA

0.015

0.005

1.3

-

0.3

0.1

-

 

5

0.05

0.01

0.002

NEQS-Pakistan

< 0.05

0.01

2

-

 

< 0.05

< 0.02

 

3

< 0.5

< 0.05

< 0.001

***Daily dietary intake

-

7-230

(adult)

18.9

**1-1.5

-

**45

25–224

< 1

 

**5.2–16.2

-

50

-

Cosmetics

USFDA

*20

*3

200

< 170

 

50

10

 

-

-

*3

*1

*WHO

2

1

-

-

-

-

-

 

-

-

0.01

3

Canada

10

3

-

-

-

1

-

 

-

-

3

1

Germany

0.5

0.1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

0.1

EU

-

-

-

-

-

-

10

-

-

-

0.5

-

3

  1. Values are in, *mg/L, **mg/day, ***µg/day, !!ng/kg, !!!The value in the soil is mg/kg this may increase due to the use of pesticides, ǂµg/ m3, ǂǂmg/m3, USEPA (United State Environmental Protection Agency), WHO (World Health Organization), USFDA (United States Food and Drug Administration), FAO (Food Additive Organization), OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration), WHO (World Health Organization), NEQS (National Environmental Quality Standards) M/MM/IM (Organic mercury/metallic mercury/Inorganic mercury).
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