[HTML][HTML] A review of chemical and microbial contamination in food: What are the threats to a circular food system?

A Thakali, JD MacRae - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
A circular food system is one in which food waste is processed to recover plant nutrients and
returned to the soil to enable the production of more food, rather than being diverted to …

Revisiting pesticide pollution: The case of fluorinated pesticides

DAM Alexandrino, CMR Almeida, AP Mucha… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fluorinated pesticides acquired a significant market share in the agrochemical sector due to
the surge of new fluoroorganic ingredients approved in the last two decades. This growing …

Plasmonic photocatalytic degradation of tebuconazole and 2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid by Ag nanoparticles-decorated TiO2 tracked by SERS analysis

R de Oliveira, AC Sant'Ana - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Chemical oxidation technologies have been notably used for the mineralization of organic
pollutants from aqueous effluents, been especially relevant for the degradation of pesticides …

Determination of pesticide residues in chilli and Sichuan pepper by high performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry

X Liu, Z Liu, L Bian, Y **, S Li, J Zhang, J Wang… - Food chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, a multi-component analytical method for the detection of pesticide residues in
chilli and Sichuan pepper by high performance liquid chromatography coupled with …

A comprehensive review of pesticide residues in peppers

JH Shim, JB Eun, AA Zaky, AS Hussein… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pesticides are chemicals that are used to control pests such as insects, fungi, and weeds.
Pesticide residues can remain on crops after application. Peppers are popular and versatile …

Monitoring and dietary risk assessment of 81 pesticide residues in 11 local agricultural products from the 3 largest cities of Cameroon

YJH Galani, M Houbraken, A Wumbei, JF Djeugap… - Food Control, 2020 - Elsevier
This study monitored 81 pesticides residues in 160 samples of 11 dry agricultural products
collected in the 3 largest cities of Cameroon, extracted using QuEChERS method and …

Interventions to reduce pesticide exposure from the agricultural sector in Africa: a workshop report

M Röösli, S Fuhrimann, A Atuhaire, HA Rother… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite the fact that several cases of unsafe pesticide use among farmers in different parts
of Africa have been documented, there is limited evidence regarding which specific …

Current applications of magnetic nanomaterials for extraction of mycotoxins, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals in food commodities

S Targuma, PB Njobeh, PG Ndungu - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Environmental pollutants, such as mycotoxins, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals, are a group
of contaminates that occur naturally, while others are produced from anthropogenic sources …

Contamination of foods from Cameroon with residues of 20 halogenated pesticides, and health risk of adult human dietary exposure

YJH Galani, M Houbraken, A Wumbei… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: Halogenated pesticides are abundantly used in Cameroon, but there is no
information on the health risk of consumers from exposure to their residues in foods.(2) …

A critical review of the status of pesticide exposure management in Malawi

I Kosamu, C Kaonga, W Utembe - International Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pesticides pose a significant risk to humans and the environment. This paper analyzes the
measures used to manage pesticides in Malawi. Malawi's regulatory authority of pesticides …