Heavy Metal and Metalloid Contamination in Food and Emerging Technologies for Its Detection

Heavy metal and metalloid poisoning in the environment food has piqued public’s interest since it poses significant hazards to ecological system human health. In food, several metals, including cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), tin (Sn), manganese (Mn), aluminium (Al), metalloids, arsenic (As), antimony (Sb), selenium (Se), pose a severe threat It is of utmost importance detect even minute quantities these toxic elements this must be efficiently determined understand their risk. Several traditional advanced technologies, atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS), spectrofluorimetry, inductively coupled plasma spectrometry, e-tongues, electrochemical aptasensors, Raman spectroscopy, fluorescence sensors, among other techniques, have proven highly beneficial quantifying concentrations heavy metals metalloids dietary supplements. Hence, review aims toxicity shed light on emerging technologies for detection.