Naslov (eng)

Pesticide detection in water and sediment

Autor

Stošić, Milena
Šenk, Nevena
Okuka, Marija
Adamović, Dragan
Milovanović, Dušan
Vojinović-Miloradov, Mirjana
Kiurski, Jelena

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Opis (eng)

Chlorotriazine herbicide atrazine (IUPAC: 6-chloro-N2-ethyl-N4-isopropyl-1,3.!> triazine-2,4-diamine) was excessively used on crop fields to control broadlenl weeds in the production of corn, sugar cane and sorghum. Due to its heavy usn, the toxicological profile of this herbicide has been investigated over the yearn Intensive use of pesticides has resulted in their presence in water, soil and air Number of these chemicals can act as endocrine disrupting compound» Endocrine disrupting chemicals are substances in our environment, food and consumer products that interfere with hormone biosynthesis and metabolism resulting in an alternation from normal homeostatic control or reproduction. Whnl makes endocrine disruptors so significant is that they are not bound by thn classic toxicological assumption that supports threshold-based system of determining chemical toxicity, they are often more active at lower doses, far beneath of those, which are traditional concern to toxicologists. The result« gained by The Joint Danube Survey target analysis of water and soil show no presence of atrazine in Novi Sad region. The most likely reasons for no detection of this substance could be target sampling method, which might bo inappropriate in this case, as well as short half-life of atrazine. Prior research In this field show the adverse effect of atrazine in lower doses than limit of detection in used method, which is why a different sampling and detection methods should be used for more valid results. Acknowledgements This research has been supported by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia within the project: Improvement and development of hygienic and technological procedures in production of animal originating foodstuffs with the aim of producing high-quality and safe products competitive on the global market (III46009)

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engleski

Datum

2012

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