Professional paper
«More Does Not Mean Better» - An Approach to the Toxicological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals Lead and Cadmium and Herbicides Linuron, Fluazifop-P-Butyl, and Cycloxydim in Dry True Chamomile (Chamomilla recutita L. Rauschert)
Berislav Momčilović
Nikola Ivičić
Ivanka Bošnjak
Gordana Stanić
Zvonimir Ostojić
Goran Hrlec
Abstract
Cadmium and all three enumerated herbicide residues in dried samples of industrially grown true chamomile were found to be above the suggested and accepted tolerance values. The results are discussed with regard to the current Croatian regulation and FAO/WHO recommendations on herbicides and to human toxicology risk assessment. The paper gives a critical evaluation of the herbicide overuse in agricultural practice and strongly discouraged such practice. The authors advocate prospective use of plants as natural indicators of environmental contamination and toxicological burden of the human food chain.
Keywords
cadmium; chamomile tea; cycloxydim; environment; fluazifop-p-butyl; heavy metals; herbicides; lead; linuron; toxicological burden; toxicological risk assessment
Hrčak ID:
2762
URI
Publication date:
9.9.1999.
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