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 |