Determining the amount of platinum in milk and dairy products (dairy, cheese, yoghurt) produced in siirt and its regions by using ICP–MS device to research whether they pose a risk for human health

The objective of this study is to investigate the amount of platinum such as heavy metals platinum element in milk and dairy products originating from automobiles or the increasing traffic intensity which Siirt is more exposed day by day and the industrial emissions with the burning of heavy metal containing coal as a result of industrialization. In this context, the samples were collected from the villages of Siirt province center and five districts. Yoghurt samples were collected from the villages of Dolmabahce, Bağtepe and Akyamaç of Siirt city center, Merge, Bakers and Knowledge villages of Eruh district, Meşelik, Karakaya and Dedebakir villages of Baykan district, Bölüktepe and Bağlıca villages of Kurtalan district and Gökbulak vilage of Pervari. Milk samples were collected from Bahçelievler and Çakmak neighborhoods of Siirt city center, Kuşdalı and Merge villages of Eruh district, Karakaya, Dedebakır and Günbuldu villages of Baykan district, Bağlıca, Kayabağlar and Bölüktepe villages of Kurtalan district and Gürzova, Gölgeli, Çat, Çobanören, Yukarıbalcılar, Güleçler, and Gökbulaklar villages of Pervari district. Cheese samples were collected from the villages of Akdoğmuş, Gökçebağ, Bağtepe and Aktas of Siirt city district, Erdoğdu village of Eruh district, Pervari city center and its village Yeni Köy and Adıgüzel village of Şirvan district. After microwave-assisted acid dissolution, it was analyzed by ICP-MS to determine whether the amount of 21 heavy metals, together with the platinum element in milk and milk products, poses a health risk. As a result of this evaluation collected milk products like yoghurt from Baykan Dedebakırı, collected milk products like cheese from Şirvan Adıgüzel and taken milk samples platinum level platinum levels in other samples were observed to be high from Baykan Günbuldu. In these results obtained; the main source of platinum pollution, found in the structure of catalytic converters for exhaust gases; as a result of platinum burning that the exhaust gases are caused by the spread reveals.