30 research outputs found
The role of PPARγ in TBBPA-mediated endocrine disrupting effects in human choriocarcinoma JEG-3 cells
Spatial and temporal trends of the Stockholm Convention POPs in mothers’ milk — a global review
The effects of flavonoids on the ABC transporters: consequences for the pharmacokinetics of substrate drugs
Synthesis of Complexes of Some Transition Metals with Nitrogen Donor Macrocyclic Ligands
Effects of inositol hexaphosphate on the Bohr effect induced by CO2 and fixed acids in chicken hemoglobin
Enhanced bioavailability of etoposide after oral or intravenous administration of etoposide with kaempferol in rats
Pesticide Residues
METHODOLOGY for residue analysis has advanced rapidly during the current review period, from November 1962 through October 1964. Notable progress has been made in the development and refinement of methods of analysis by which any or all of a large number of pesticide residue chemicals can be detected and measured in one general operation. This is of particular significance because great interest has developed-outside the scientific community as well as within - in the possible presence of pesticide chemicals in all parts of our environment, including man himself. Only by the use of improved methodology will it be possible to accomplish the task of detecting, identifying, and measuring the many possible residual pesticide chemicals. It is only after the presence or absence of these chemicals in any part of our environment has been proved unequivocally that the medical man, the lawyer, the lawmaker, the administrators in government and in industry, and other interested groups can assess the significance of such residues.
There are 300 to 400 chemicals registered for use on food products alone, and a few hundred more are registered for other uses whereby they may become part of our environment. The chemist cannot know which of the hundreds of possible pesticide chemical residues to look for in samples of air, water, soil, plants, human and animal tissues, prepared foods, etc. There is an urgent need for general procedures that can identify and measure a large number of chemicals at one time. They must be highly sensitive and accurate, since it is essential that all monitoring of our environment be at a level considerably below any tolerance or otherwise critical level, so that trends can be more readily recognized and assessed for significance. Upward or downward trends in any portion of our environment will be recognizable only when the methodology becomes sufficiently sensitive and accurate so that analyses in the fraction-of-a-part-per-million or even part-per-billion range become routinely dependable (Fischbach, H. Pub. 1082, National Research Council, p. 55, Nov. 29,1962)