The Paint samples were gotten from old houses in areas of Ikorodu, Onipan, Lekki, Berger, Agbado-Ijaye, Lagos Island, Moremi and Makama hall (University of Lagos) and were digested using three different methods, which include 1) Nitric acid and per-chloric acid digestion 2) Nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide digestion 3) Dry ashing digestion using muffle furnace These methods were compared and was discovered that oil - based paints (gloss paints) has higher concentration of lead tha...
