reads are among the most important elements of our daily diet. Knowing about the heavy and essential elements
content in bread is required for different purposes such as estimating accumulation of major and trace elements in the
bread that may influence water, soil, air, and environment quality as well as the role of bread in nutrition. This study
focuses on content of elements such as As, Hg, Cd, Pb, Ni, Fe, Cu and Zn in Bread products available in Shahrekord, Iran.
Totally 40 bread samples were collected in January 2014. The mean concentrations of As, Hg, Cd, Pb, Ni, Fe, Cu and Zn in
bread samples were 12.5±0, 4.38±0, 9.48±4.75, 931.25±722.5, 98.03±26.89, 2324.69±248, 14276.69±10100.79 and
30316.88±6802.19 µg/kg, respectively. In addition, the concentration of the lead was higher than maximum allowable
concentration that probably it is associated to activities of industrial factories around the farms and machine activities.
