PMID- 28567597
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170808
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1573-2959 (Electronic)
IS  - 0167-6369 (Print)
IS  - 0167-6369 (Linking)
VI  - 189
IP  - 6
DP  - 2017 Jun
TI  - Presence of pesticide residues on produce cultivated in Suriname.
PG  - 303
LID - 10.1007/s10661-017-6009-0 [doi]
AB  - Agricultural pesticides are widely used in Suriname, an upper middle-income 
      Caribbean country located in South America. Suriname imported 1.8 million kg of 
      agricultural pesticides in 2015. So far, however, national monitoring of 
      pesticides in crops is absent. Reports from the Netherlands on imported 
      Surinamese produce from 2010 to 2015 consistently showed that samples exceeded 
      plant-specific pesticide maximum residue limits (MRLs) of the European Union 
      (EU). Consumption of produce containing unsafe levels of pesticide residues can 
      cause neurological disorders, and particularly, pregnant women and children may 
      be vulnerable. This pilot study assessed the presence of pesticide residues in 
      commonly consumed produce items cultivated in Suriname. Thirty-two insecticides 
      (organophosphates, organochlorines, carbamates, and pyrethroids) and 12 
      fungicides were evaluated for their levels in nine types of produce. Pesticide 
      residue levels exceeding MRLs in this study regarded cypermethrin (0.32 mug/g) in 
      tomatoes (USA MRL 0.20 mug/g), lambda-cyhalothrin (1.08 mug/g) in Chinese cabbage 
      (USA MRL 0.40 mug/g), endosulfan (0.07 mug/g) in tannia (EU MRL 0.05 mug/g), and 
      lindane (0.02 and 0.03 mug/g, respectively) in tannia (EU MRL 0.01 mug/g). While 
      only a few pesticide residues were detected in this small pilot study, these 
      residues included two widely banned pesticides (endosulfan and lindane). There is 
      a need to address environmental policy gaps. A more comprehensive sampling and 
      analysis of produce from Suriname is warranted to better understand the scope of 
      the problem. Preliminary assessments, using intake rate, hazard quotient, and 
      level of concern showed that it is unlikely that daily consumption of tannia 
      leads to adverse health effects.
FAU - Abdoel Wahid, F
AU  - Abdoel Wahid F
AD  - Department of Global Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University School of 
      Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100, New Orleans, 
      LA, 70112, USA. fabdoelw@tulane.edu.
FAU - Wickliffe, J
AU  - Wickliffe J
AD  - Department of Global Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University School of 
      Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100, New Orleans, 
      LA, 70112, USA.
FAU - Wilson, M
AU  - Wilson M
AD  - Department of Global Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University School of 
      Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100, New Orleans, 
      LA, 70112, USA.
FAU - Van Sauers, A
AU  - Van Sauers A
AD  - Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, Paramaribo, Suriname.
FAU - Bond, N
AU  - Bond N
AD  - Agricultural & Environmental Services Laboratory, University of Georgia, 2300 
      College Station Road, Athens, GA, 30605, USA.
FAU - Hawkins, W
AU  - Hawkins W
AD  - Department of Global Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University School of 
      Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100, New Orleans, 
      LA, 70112, USA.
FAU - Mans, D
AU  - Mans D
AD  - Faculty of Medical Sciences, Anton de Kom University of Suriname, Kernkampweg 5, 
      Paramaribo, Suriname.
FAU - Lichtveld, M
AU  - Lichtveld M
AD  - Department of Global Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University School of 
      Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, Suite 2100, New Orleans, 
      LA, 70112, USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - R24 TW009561/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States
GR  - R24 TW009570/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U01 TW010087/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U2R TW010104/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170531
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Monit Assess
JT  - Environmental monitoring and assessment
JID - 8508350
RN  - 0 (Carbamates)
RN  - 0 (Fungicides, Industrial)
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Insecticides)
RN  - 0 (Nitriles)
RN  - 0 (Pesticide Residues)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 0 (Pyrethrins)
RN  - 1TR49121NP (cypermethrin)
RN  - 59NEE7PCAB (Hexachlorocyclohexane)
RN  - OKA6A6ZD4K (Endosulfan)
RN  - V0V73PEB8M (cyhalothrin)
SB  - IM
MH  - Agriculture
MH  - Carbamates/analysis
MH  - Crops, Agricultural/chemistry
MH  - Endosulfan/analysis
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Food Contamination/analysis/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Fungicides, Industrial/analysis
MH  - Hexachlorocyclohexane/analysis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Insecticides/analysis
MH  - Nitriles/analysis
MH  - Pesticide Residues/*analysis
MH  - Pesticides/analysis
MH  - Pilot Projects
MH  - Pyrethrins/analysis
MH  - Suriname
MH  - Vegetables/*chemistry
PMC - PMC5693373
MID - NIHMS919542
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Agricultural crops
OT  - Environmental monitoring
OT  - Food safety
OT  - Health policy
OT  - Pesticide residues
OT  - Pesticides
EDAT- 2017/06/02 06:00
MHDA- 2017/08/09 06:00
PMCR- 2017/11/17
CRDT- 2017/06/02 06:00
PHST- 2016/09/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/05/15 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/06/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/06/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/08/09 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/11/17 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1007/s10661-017-6009-0 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s10661-017-6009-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Monit Assess. 2017 Jun;189(6):303. doi: 10.1007/s10661-017-6009-0. Epub 
      2017 May 31.