Proceedings of the Korean Society of Food Hygiene and Safety Conference (한국식품위생안전성학회:학술대회논문집)

The Korean Society of Food Hygiene and Safety (한국식품위생안전성학회)
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A Survey on Endocrine Disruptors among Agricultural Products in the North of Seoul

  • Kim Yang-Suk (Institute of Seoul government of health and environment. Kyungdong Agricultural Products Inspection Team) ;
  • Lee Sung-Duk (Institute of Seoul government of health and environment. Kyungdong Agricultural Products Inspection Team) ;
  • Kim Soo-Jin (Institute of Seoul government of health and environment. Kyungdong Agricultural Products Inspection Team) ;
  • Baek Soo-hyun (Institute of Seoul government of health and environment. Kyungdong Agricultural Products Inspection Team)
  • Published : 2001.10.01
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Abstract

This study was carried out to monitor suspected endocrine disrupting pesticides and industrial organic chemicals among circulated agricultural products in the north area of Seoul in 2001. Procymidone, vinclozolin, endosulfan, chlorothalonil, chloropyrifos and pendimetaline (pesticides) and butylated hydroxytoluene(industrial organic chemicals) were certified by GC-MS. Detected 6 pesticides were remained mostly in the green vegetables, spices and wild plants with $3\%$ detected. Butylated hydroxytoluene(industrial organic chemicals) used for green house cover stuffs was contained mostly in the green vegetables, spices and wild plants not in the fruits and cereals with $43\%$ detected. In the same agricultural products containing butylated hydroxy toluene showed same detection tendency with remaining endocrine disrupting pesticides.

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