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Occurrence of environmental pollutants in foodstuffs: A review of organic vs. conventional food

Type de document
journalArticle
Langue source
Anglais
Titre français
Titre anglais
Occurrence of environmental pollutants in foodstuffs: A review of organic vs. conventional food
Auteur(s)
  • GONZÁLEZ Neus
  • MARQUÈS Montse
  • NADAL Martí
  • DOMINGO José L.
Editeur(s)
Autre(s)
Id
MAWMHCM7
Version
2802
Url zotero
https://www.zotero.org/groups/2567444/items/MAWMHCM7
Date ajout
22 décembre 2020 13:15
Date modification
22 décembre 2020 13:15
Résumé anglais
In recent years, there is an increasing trend to consume organic foods instead of the conventional foodstuffs. This tendency is mainly due to the concern raised by the potential adverse health effects derived from the intake of pesticides, fertilizers, hormones and antibiotics, which are widely used in regular food production. Although organic label forbids the use of these products, environmental contamination is likely to occur in both, conventional and organic foodstuffs. The main purpose of this review was to compare the levels of a number of environmental pollutants such as polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), mycotoxins, trace elements, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), etc., in organic and conventional food items. The results show that, in general, the presence of nearby anthropogenic sources of pollution is the key issue influencing the occurrence of environmental pollutants in foodstuffs, regardless their organic or conventional origin. Based on this, we suggest that environmental contaminants should be monitored in both conventional and organic foods. Finally, the safety feature, which has been globally attributed to organic foods, might be questionable depending on the potential environmental contamination of these foods.
Note
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CRAW tags
  • AB - Modalité bio
  • FREDO alimentation humaine
  • FREDO qualité des produits
  • FREDO santé humaine
  • GEO Espagne
  • comparaison
  • organic food
WEB tags
  • animals
  • conventional foodstuffs
  • dibenzofurans
  • environmental pollutants
  • environmental pollution
  • environmental pollutants
  • food contamination
  • food origin
  • human health
  • humans
  • metals, heavy
  • mycotoxins
  • pesticides
  • polychlorinated biphenyls
  • polychlorinated dibenzodioxins
  • polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Titre de la publication
Food and Chemical Toxicology: An International Journal Published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association
Volume
125
Pages
370-375
Date caractères
Mar 2019
Date publication
24 mars 2019
Doi
10.1016/j.fct.2019.01.021 Le DOI est une URL unique de référencement d'une publication. Il est donc plus fiable et permanent qu'une URL classique
Issn
1873-6351 L’ISSN est un code de 8 chiffres servant à identifier les journaux, revues, magazines, périodiques de toute nature et sur tous supports, papier comme électronique.