["More is not better"--evaluation of toxicologic risks of the heavy metals, lead and cadmium, and the herbicides, linuron, fluazifop-P-butyl and cycloxydim in dried Chamomile flowers (Chamomilla recutita L. Rauschert)].
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.
Momcilović
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Institut za medicinska istrazivanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb. momcilovic@imi.hr
Ivicić
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Bosnjak
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Stanić
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Ostojić
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Hrlec
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D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis; D020843:Chamomile / Q000737:chemistry*; D003510:Cyclohexanes / Q000032:analysis; D006540:Herbicides / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis; D008044:Linuron / Q000032:analysis; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000032:analysis*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011714:Pyrans / Q000032:analysis; D011725:Pyridines / Q000032:analysis
D003510:Cyclohexanes; D006540:Herbicides; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D011714:Pyrans; D011725:Pyridines; D002104:Cadmium; D008044:Linuron; C401281:cycloxydim; C050585:fluazifop-butyl; D007854:Lead