About
All micronutrients of various types of food, fish and water are analyzed in the Laboratory of Heavy Metals and Dyes - LARI, Fanar Station, using the Zeeman - Thermo Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Furnace and Direct mercury analyzer DMA 80 - Specific milestone for mercury and methylmercury analysis. Dyes are controlled in most types of foods and beverages on the thin layer chromatography sampler 4 and the scanner 3 - Automatic Development Chamber and TLC Viewer. In fish, malachite green and crystal violet are examined by ELISA. In addition to the routine work mentioned above, a number of projects and research are conducted in cooperation with other LARI departments and stations, as well as with Lebanese universities such as LAU - NDU - USJ - UL - USEK. and foreign universities. like Aix-Marseille and UBFC-Dijon, France.
Staff
- Head of department: Nada LEBBOS HARFOUCHE (nlebbos@lari.gov.lb)
- Agricultural technician: Maryse OBEID
Publications
- Lebanese population exposure to trace elements via white bread consumption submitted in food control journal - August 2019
- Lebanese pita extracts with presence of trace elements: hazard assessment May 2019 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.30583.88489 Conference: 47th Meeting of the European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EEMGS)
- Chemical analysis of metallic trace elements of toxicological concern in Lebanese pita and risk characterization for the consumers October 2018 Toxicology Letters 295:S165-S166 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.06.791 Project: Chemical toxicological analysis
- Migration of iron, lead, cadmium and tin from tinplate-coated cans into chickpeas September 2013 Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2013.832399 Source: PubMed
- Assessing the performance of constructed wetland for water quality management of a Southern Mediterranean river doi: 10.1111/wej.12348 Water and Environment Journal. Print ISSN 1747-6585
- Parameters influencing the migration of trace elements in uncoated fruit cans submitted in Nov 2018