Heavy Metal Contamination in Raw Honey, Soil and Flower Samples Obtained from Baringo and

Abstract- Heavy metals in honey are of interest currently not only for quality control, but also as an environmental bio-indicator. The concentrations of trace heavy metals; Pb, Zn, Cu, Cr, Fe and Cd in 14 honey, soil and flower samples collected from selected sites in Keiyo and Baringo counties, have been determined by use of flame atomic absorption spectroscopy (FAAS). The concentrations of trace heavy metals in mg/kg in raw honey samples were in the range: Pb (0.063-0.491); Zn (0.012-0.259); Fe (0.073-1.295); Cu (0.032-0.123); Cd (0.044-0.224) and Cr (0.004-0.152) while in soil samples were: Pb (0.370-0.813); Z