Pesticides And Toxins

Determination of ofloxacin, norfloxacin, and ciprofloxacin in sewage by selective solid-phase extraction, liquid chromatography

A solid-phase extraction (SPE) and liquid chromatographic (LC) method was developed for the determination of selected fluoroquinolone (FQ) drugs including ofloxacin, norfloxacin, and ciprofloxacin in municipal wastewater samples. Extraction of the FQs was carried out with a weak cation exchanger SPE cartridge, the Oasis WCX.

Publication Date:

01/01/2007

Author(s): Hing-Biu Leea, Thomas E. Pearta, M. Lewina Svoboda

Source: Journal of Chromatography A

Vol:

1139

Issue:

1

pp:

45

Tags:

Water Pollution, Sewage Treatment Plants (STP), Canada, Sewage, Drugs, Pesticides And Toxins, Residue Testing

Health

The children behind our cotton

Many children in the cotton fields are exposed to what is termed hazardous child labour, which can result in them being killed, injured or made ill as a result of their work (agriculture is one of the three most dangerous sectors in which to work, along

Publication Date:

01/01/2007

Source: Environmental Justice Foundation

Tags:

Pesticides, Cotton, Health Effects, Farmers, Child Labour, Pesticides And Toxins, Pesticide Residues, Developing Countries

Pesticides And Toxins

Pesticides on a plate: a consumer guide to pesticide issues in the food chain

This booklet gives a simple overview for a non-technical audience on what pesticides are and the hazards they pose, with a focus on pesticide residues in food and how to avoid these. It also discusses how farmers and farm workers can be affected, particularly in developing countries, and the costs society pays for pesticide problems.

Publication Date:

01/01/2007

Source: Pesticide Action Network

Tags:

Pesticides, Food Crops, Food Supply, Pesticides And Toxins, Pesticide Residues, Food Safety, United Kingdom (UK)

Pesticides And Toxins

The deadly chemicals in cotton

In total almost one kilogram of hazardous pesticides is applied per hectare under cotton, and cotton is responsible for 16% of global insecticide usage

Publication Date:

01/01/2007

Source: Environmental Justice Foundation

Tags:

Pesticides, Cotton, Health Effects, Farmers, Pesticides And Toxins, Africa, Uzbekistan, India, Developing Countries

Pesticides And Toxins

Residues of organochlorine pesticides in Polish honeys

In Poland honey has never been included in regular pesticide residues controls. Because no maximum residues levels (MRLs) have been established for pesticides in honey it is very hard to evaluate the contamination of honey with pesticides and the possible damage to human health.

Publication Date:

01/01/2007

Author(s): Aleksandra Wilczynska, Piotr Przybylowski

Source: APIACTA

Vol:

42

Issue:

0

pp:

16

Tags:

Pesticides, Honey, Health Effects, Pesticides And Toxins, Organochlorines, Gas Chromatograph, Pesticide Residues, Poland

Pesticides And Toxins

Pesticide use in the rice bowl of Kerala: health costs and policy options

This study examines pesticide use in Kuttanad, India an ecologically sensitive area often referred to as the rice bowl of Kerala. Using primary data collected from pesticide applicators and farm labor, the study assesses short-term health costs associated with pesticide exposure.

Publication Date:

Dec 2006

Author(s): P. Indira Devi

Source: SANDEE

Tags:

Pesticides, Rice, Health Effects, Pesticides And Toxins, Pesticide Use, Kerala

Pesticides And Toxins

Chromium : As a pollutant

Contamination of chromium is considered a serious environmental pollutant due to wide industrilization. The two largest sources of chromium emission in the atmosphere are from the chemical manufacturing industry and combustion of natural gas, oil and coal. 2007

Publication Date:

31/12/2006

Author(s): Risikesh Thakur, G.D. Sharma, B.S. Dwivedi & et al

Source: Journal of Industrial Pollution Control

Vol:

23

Issue:

2

pp:

209

Tags:

Heavy Metals, Health Effects, Industrial Pollution, Bio-Remediation

Pesticides And Toxins

US Lawmakers Seek Ban on Lead in Children's Toys

Publication Date:

05/12/2006

Source: Planet Ark (Australia)

Pesticides And Toxins

Chloramphenicol extraction from honey, milk, and eggs using polymer monolith microextraction followed by liquid chromatography

A rapid confirmatory method for monitoring chloramphenicol (CAP) residues in honey, whole milk, and eggs is presented. This method is based on the polymer monolith microextraction (PMME) technique and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)?electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (MS).

Publication Date:

14/11/2006

Author(s): Jing-Fang Huang, Hui-Juan Zhang, Yu-Qi Feng

Source: Journal of Agricultural And Food Chemistry

Vol:

54

Issue:

25

pp:

9279

Tags:

Pesticides, Honey, Animal Products, Milk, Food Contamination, Drugs, Pesticides And Toxins, High Performance Liquid Chroma- tography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometer (GCMS)

Pesticides And Toxins

Effects of endosulfan on human beings

This report is about the harmful impacts caused by the insecticide endosulfan on human beings. Endosulfan is a harmful insecticide. It causes several health hazards in human beings.

Publication Date:

01/11/2006

Source: National Institute of Technology

Tags:

Environment, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Pesticides And Toxins, Endosulfan, Kerala, Kasaragod (D), Pesticides