Basil, a common herb grown in many households, grows quickly and can survive in a wide variety of growing conditions. The purpose of this study was to determine if basil will uptake arsenic when watered with arsenic contaminated water. For this experiment 6 grown basil plants were purchased from a local grocery store. Four of the basil plants were designated to be watered with 30 ppb arsenic water, and the other two were watered with clean “arsenic free” tap water. The stems and leaves were dried and analyzed separately. Samples of 0.25 g of the basil plant tissues were digested with concentrated HNO<sub>3</sub>, then resuspended with 2% HNO<sub>3</sub> using the open block digestion method. The samples were then analyzed by ICP-OES. The presentation will summarize and discuss the obtained results.

Quantitative analysis of arsenic in basil

255th National Meeting (2018)

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