title: [Transfer of pesticide residues to crops via cardboard boxes].
abstract: Cardboard boxes used to transport crops are often reused in the distribution process, and therefore transfer of pesticides between crops might occur. So, we designed model experiments to investigate whether or not transfer of pesticide residues from crops to other crops via cardboard boxes occurs. Under severe experimental conditions, 6.2% of the pesticide residues of grapefruit was found to be transferred to spinach via cardboard boxes. In the case of the mandarin orange, 0.57% was transferred. The actual amount of transferred pesticides in the market may be less than that in these model experiments, but it is clear that transfer of pesticide residues to other crops via cardboard boxes can occur. Therefore more attention must be given to reuse of cardboard boxes in the distribution process.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iwakoshi
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Sanae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomizawa
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamijo
authors.forename: Yuriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kageyama
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagayama
mesh_terms: D004390:Chlorpyrifos / Q000032:analysis; D002957:Citrus / Q000737:chemistry; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000737:chemistry*; D005504:Food Analysis; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D018857:Food Packaging; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000032:analysis; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis*; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry; D013827:Thiabendazole / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D007093:Imidazoles; D010573:Pesticide Residues; C017435:enilconazole; D004390:Chlorpyrifos; D013827:Thiabendazole