Documents · Protocol 0000255 · mercury

Can the treatment take mercury out of an oil?

The Department of Drug Science and Technology of the Università di Torino measured the mercury in six oils, by anodic stripping voltammetry, before and after treatment. In an animal supplement the concentration fell from 0.69 to 0.20 mg/kg, that is minus 70%, and after a second treatment it fell below the limit of quantification.

University institution

Issuer: Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco, Via P. Giuria 9, Turin
Document type: Research report, on institutional letterhead
Number: Prot. 0000255, UOR SI000252, Classif. III/14
Date: February 7, 2023
Field: Analytical chemistry, heavy metals
Object analyzed: Four oils of vegetable origin and two of animal origin
Method: Anodic stripping voltammetry: solid gold working electrode, Ag/AgCl/KCl reference, platinum auxiliary
Client: Natural Vibrational Energy S.R.L.
Lead: Dr Agnese Giacomino
Level of evidence: B, university institution

Animal oils, before and after

Mercury, in mg/kg

Sample

Before

After treatment

After the second treatment

Cod liver oil

Before0.08

After treatmentbelow 0.03

After the second treatment—

Animal supplement

Before0.69

After treatment0.20, minus 70%

After the second treatmentbelow 0.03

Cod liver oil

Before

0.08

After treatment

below 0.03

Animal supplement

Before

0.69

After treatment

0.20, minus 70%

After the second treatment

below 0.03

Vegetable oils

In three of the four samples the mercury was already below the method's limit of quantification, 0.03 mg/kg. The only exception, a sample of linseed oil, at 0.19 mg/kg.