DOI: 10.36871 / vet.san.hyg.ecol.201801005
UDC 619: 614.31: 638.1

Authors

Z. N. MENSHIKOVA, DR. VET. SCIENCE, PROFESSOR OF THE FGBNU IN THE MOSCOW STATE ACADEMY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY - MVA NAMED AFTER KI Scrub,
V. A. TOLMACHEVA, MASTER OF VETERINARY AND SANITARY EXAMINATION, JUNIOR SCIENTIFIC EMPLOYEE, PhD student
D.V. VOLODKO, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL VETERINARY NAME AFTER Ya. R. KOVALENKO

Abstract

The deterioration of the ecological situation in Russia and the pollution of environmental objects by various chemical compounds pose a growing threat to human and animal health and the environment. Bee products can pose a potential threat to human health, as bees are in constant and direct contact with the environment. The article presents the results of a study of honey for heavy metals - lead and cadmium. The direct dependence of the presence of lead in honey, its pollution by automobile exhaust gases from automobile traffic of a motorway in the flight radius of bees is proved. A technique has been developed to determine the load of vehicles in the area, expressed in the release of lead into the atmosphere from combustible automotive fuel. The organoleptic and physicochemical properties of the studied honey are determined. The article presents data that prove that the content of heavy metals in honey does not affect its organoleptic and physico-chemical properties, but represents a real danger to human health, since heavy metals are cumulated in the body.

Keywords

honey, organoleptic and physico-chemical properties, heavy metals, lead, cadmium, car traffic.