{"title":"Association of land urbanization and type 2 diabetes mellitus prevalence and mediation of greenness and physical activity in Chinese adults.","authors":"Qing Guan, Chunyang Zhu, Guo Zhang, Jian Wang, Hao Xiang, Yujia Chen, Hao Cui","doi":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122579","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122579","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is higher in urban than in rural areas. Limited information is available on the association between T2D and Land urbanization (LU) while LU influences not only greenness and Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) but also inhabitant behavior. We aimed to explore the association between the LU level and T2D prevalence, as well as whether greenness, PM<sub>2.5,</sub> or conscious physical activity mediated any of the observed associations. This study encompassed 27,633 adult participants from Shandong Province who completed the sixth National Health Service Survey in 2018. Ambient LU exposure was estimated by spatial characteristics, including the existing impervious surface area (ISA), road density (RD), and annual night light (NL). Exposures were estimated using satellite images and OpenStreetMap, with 1000 m used as the main analysis buffer. Two-level logistic regression models were used to investigate the association between the LU metrics and T2D. Additionally, we explored potential mechanisms of the association through mediation analysis. The prevalence of T2D among participants was 5.14%, with average exposures to ISA<sub>_1000m</sub> of 1.441 km<sup>2</sup>, RD<sub>_1000m</sub> of 3.856 km/km<sup>2</sup>, and NL<sub>_1000m</sub> of 9.821 nW/cm<sup>2</sup>/sr. Higher levels of LU exposure were associated with higher T2D ORs [for each interquartile of ISA<sub>_1000m</sub>, RD<sub>_1000m</sub>, and NL<sub>_1000m</sub>, the adjusted OR (95% CI) for the T2D prevalence were 1.29 (1.19-1.4), 1.25 (1.15-1.36), and 1.25 (1.15-1.36), respectively]. This relationship persisted in several sensitivity analyses including use of different buffer sizes. We observed stronger associations among participants younger than 65 years or in men. Greenness mediated a 20.78%-65.36% of the estimated associations, conscious physical activity mediated a 10.35%-15.85%, while PM<sub>2.5</sub> mediated insignificantly. These results suggest a deleterious association between higher levels of LU and T2D among adult residents in a developing country. Greenness and conscious physical activity mediate the association.</p>","PeriodicalId":311,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollution","volume":"337 ","pages":"122579"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41100984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Environmental PollutionPub Date : 2023-11-15Epub Date: 2023-09-07DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122466
Karista Hudelson, Derek C G Muir, Günter Köck, Xiaowa Wang, Jane L Kirk, Igor Lehnherr
{"title":"Mercury at the top of the world: A 31-year record of mercury in Arctic char in the largest High Arctic lake, linked to atmospheric mercury concentrations and climate oscillations.","authors":"Karista Hudelson, Derek C G Muir, Günter Köck, Xiaowa Wang, Jane L Kirk, Igor Lehnherr","doi":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122466","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122466","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lake Hazen, the largest lake north of the Arctic circle, is being impacted by mercury (Hg) pollution and climate change. The lake is inhabited by two morphotypes of land-locked Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus), a sensitive indicator species for pollution and climatic impacts. The objectives of this study were to describe the trends in Hg concentration over time and to determine the relationship of climate to length-at-age and Hg concentrations in each char morphotype, as well as the relationship to atmospheric Hg measurements at a nearby monitoring station. Results for Hg in char muscle were available from 20 sampling years over the period 1990 to 2021. We found significant declines in Hg concentrations for both morphotypes during the 31-year study period. Increased rain and earlier freeze-up of lake ice during the summer growing season was linked to increased length-at-age in both char morphotypes. For the large morphotype, higher total gaseous Hg in the fall and winter seasons was related to higher concentrations of Hg in char, while increased glacial runoff was related to decreases in char Hg. For the small morphotype char, increased snow and snow accumulation in the fall season were linked to declines in char Hg concentration. The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation and Arctic Oscillation were positively related to the large char Hg trend and Arctic Oscillation was positively related to the small char Hg trend. Significant trend relationships between atmospheric Hg and Hg in biota in remote regions are rare and uniquely valuable for evaluation of the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention and related monitoring efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":311,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollution","volume":" ","pages":"122466"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10193500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Environmental PollutionPub Date : 2023-11-15Epub Date: 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122499
Layra G Cintrón-Rivera, Nicole Burns, Ratna Patel, Jessica S Plavicki
{"title":"Exposure to the aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonist dioxin disrupts formation of the muscle, nerves, and vasculature in the developing jaw.","authors":"Layra G Cintrón-Rivera, Nicole Burns, Ratna Patel, Jessica S Plavicki","doi":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122499","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122499","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human exposure to environmental pollutants can disrupt embryonic development and impact juvenile and adult health outcomes by adversely affecting cell and organ function. Notwithstanding, environmental contamination continues to increase due to industrial development, insufficient regulations, and the mobilization of pollutants as a result of extreme weather events. Dioxins are a class of structurally related persistent organic pollutants that are highly toxic, carcinogenic, and teratogenic. 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is the most potent dioxin compound and has been shown to induce toxic effects in developing organisms by activating the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), a ligand activated transcription factor targeted by multiple persistent organic pollutants. Contaminant-induced AHR activation results in malformations of the craniofacial cartilages and neurocranium; however, the mechanisms mediating these phenotypes are not well understood. In this study, we utilized the optically transparent zebrafish model to elucidate novel cellular targets and potential transcriptional targets underlying TCDD-induced craniofacial malformations. To this end, we exposed zebrafish embryos at 4 h post fertilization to TCDD and employed a mixed-methods approach utilizing immunohistochemistry staining, transgenic reporter lines, fixed and in vivo confocal imaging, and timelapse microscopy to determine the targets mediating TCDD-induced craniofacial phenotypes. Our data indicate that embryonic TCDD exposure reduced jaw and pharyngeal arch Sox10+ chondrocytes and Tcf21+ pharyngeal mesoderm progenitors. Exposure to TCDD correspondingly led to a reduction in collagen type II deposition in Sox10+ domains. Embryonic TCDD exposure impaired development of tissues derived from or guided by Tcf21+ progenitors, namely: nerves, muscle, and vasculature. Specifically, TCDD exposure disrupted development of the hyoid and mandibular arch muscles, decreased neural innervation of the jaw, resulted in compression of cranial nerves V and VII, and led to jaw vasculature malformations. Collectively, these findings reveal novel structural targets and potential transcriptional targets of TCDD-induced toxicity, showcasing how contaminant exposures lead to congenital craniofacial malformations.</p>","PeriodicalId":311,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollution","volume":" ","pages":"122499"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10143449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of food-borne docosahexaenoic acid supplementation on bone lead mobilisation, mitochondrial function and serum metabolomics in pre-pregnancy lead-exposed lactating rats.","authors":"An-Xin Lu, Yin Lin, Jing Li, Jun-Xia Liu, Chong-Huai Yan, Lin Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122613","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122613","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Large bone lead (Pb) resulting from high environmental exposure during childhood is an important source of endogenous Pb during pregnancy and lactation. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) attenuates Pb toxicity, however, the effect of DHA on bone Pb mobilisation during lactation has not been investigated. We aimed to study the effects of DHA supplementation during pregnancy and lactation on bone Pb mobilisation during lactation and its potential mechanisms. Weaning female rats were randomly divided into control (0.05% sodium acetate) and Pb-exposed (0.05% Pb acetate) groups, after a 4-week exposure by ad libitum drinking and a subsequent 4-week washout period, all female rats were mated with healthy males until pregnancy. Then exposed rats were randomly divided into Pb and Pb + DHA groups, and the latter was given a 0.14% DHA diet, while the remaining groups were given normal feed until the end of lactation. Pb and calcium levels, bone microarchitecture, bone turnover markers, mitochondrial function and serum metabolomics were analyzed. The results showed that higher blood and bone Pb levels were observed in the Pb group compared to the control, and there was a significant negative correlation between blood and bone Pb. Also, Pb increased trabecular bone loss along with slightly elevated serum C-telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX-I) levels. However, DHA reduced CTX-I levels and improved trabecular bone microarchitecture. Metabolomics showed that Pb affected mitochondrial function, which was further demonstrated in bone tissue by significant reductions in ATP levels, Na<sup>+</sup>-K<sup>+</sup>-ATPase, Ca<sup>2+</sup>-Mg<sup>2+</sup>-ATPase and CAT activities, and elevated levels of MDA, IL-1β and IL-18. However, these alterations were partially mitigated by DHA. In conclusion, DHA supplementation during pregnancy and lactation improved bone Pb mobilisation and mitochondrial dysfunction in lactating rats induced by pre-pregnancy Pb exposure, providing potential means of mitigating bone Pb mobilisation levels during lactation, but the mechanism still needs further study.</p>","PeriodicalId":311,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollution","volume":"337 ","pages":"122613"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41093658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficient degradation of tetrabromobisphenol A using peroxymonosulfate oxidation activated by a novel nano-CuFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@coconut shell biochar catalyst.","authors":"Xinxin Li, Xujing Li, Chuang Song, Xiaojin Yang, Yanping Liu, Jia Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122488","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122488","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, a novel bimetallic complexation-curing nucleation-anaerobic calcination method was developed to synthesize a nano-CuFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@coconut shell biochar (CuFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@CSBC) catalyst to activate peroxymonosulfate for degradation of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA). The reaction processes of the TBBPA on CuFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@CSBC have been investigated using in situ characterization and metal leaching. The effects of initial reaction conditions and degradation mechanism were investigated. Greater than 99% degradation of TBBPA at 10 mg L<sup>-1</sup> was achieved in 30 min under the condition of pH 11, a total organic carbon removal rate of up to 70.67% was achieved and the degradation efficiency was 90% after 5 cycles of CuFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@CSBC use. The degradation was in a second-order reaction at a constant of 0.797 M<sup>-1</sup> min<sup>-1</sup> (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.993). The degradation was attributed to the main active species (SO<sub>4</sub>·<sup>-</sup>≈·OH < <sup>1</sup>O<sub>2</sub>), and the surface active site of CuFe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@CSBC was the key role. The degradation process involved three main degradation pathways. Path A: ·OH attacked the C-Br bonds (TBBPA→TriBBPA→DBBPA→MBBPA→BPA); Path B: Hydroxylation and decarboxylation; Path C: Dehydrocoupling of TBBPA. What's more, the practical application of the system was very positive, achieved >77% degradation in sewage and industrial wastewater.</p>","PeriodicalId":311,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollution","volume":" ","pages":"122488"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10552794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Environmental PollutionPub Date : 2023-11-15Epub Date: 2023-09-29DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122648
Sergio López-Martínez, Esther Giménez-Luque, Jose Luis Molina-Pardo, Sandra Manzano-Medina, Héctor Arribas-Arias, Rafael Gavara, Carmen Morales-Caselles, Marga L Rivas
{"title":"Corrigendum to 'Plastic ingestion by two cetacean groups: Ziphiidae and Delphinidae' [Environ. Pollut. 333 (2023), 121932].","authors":"Sergio López-Martínez, Esther Giménez-Luque, Jose Luis Molina-Pardo, Sandra Manzano-Medina, Héctor Arribas-Arias, Rafael Gavara, Carmen Morales-Caselles, Marga L Rivas","doi":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122648","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122648","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":311,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollution","volume":"337 ","pages":"122648"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41095819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling early human cortical development and evaluating neurotoxicity with a forebrain organoid system.","authors":"Yuanqing Cao, Daiyu Hu, Chenglin Cai, Min Zhou, Peibing Dai, Qiong Lai, Ling Zhang, Yantao Fan, Zhengliang Gao","doi":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122624","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122624","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The complexity and subtlety of brain development renders it challenging to examine effects of environmental toxicants on human fetal brain development. Advances in pluripotent cell-derived organoid systems open up novel avenues for human development, disease and toxicity modeling. Here, we have established a forebrain organoid system and recapitulated early human cortical development spatiotemporally including neuroepithelium induction, apical-basal axis formation, neural progenitor proliferation and maintenance, neuronal differentiation and layer/region patterning. To explore whether this forebrain organoid system is suitable for neurotoxicity modeling, we subjected the organoids to bisphenol A (BPA), a common environmental toxicant of global presence and high epidemic significance. BPA exposure caused substantial abnormalities in key cortical developmental events, inhibited progenitor cell proliferation and promoted precocious neuronal differentiation, leading premature progenitor cell depletion and aberrant cortical layer patterning and structural organization. Consistent with an antagonistic mechanism between thyroid hormone and BPA, T3 supplementation attenuated BPA-mediated cortical developmental abnormalities. Altogether, our in vitro recapitulation of cortical development with forebrain organoids provides a paradigm for efficient neural development and toxicity modeling and related remedy testing/screening.</p>","PeriodicalId":311,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollution","volume":"337 ","pages":"122624"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41091858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aging effects on residential biomass burning emissions under quasi-real atmospheric conditions.","authors":"Siyuan Li, Dantong Liu, Yangzhou Wu, Kang Hu, Xiaotong Jiang, Ping Tian, Jiujiang Sheng, Baiwan Pan, Delong Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122615","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122615","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Emissions from biomass burning (BB) vastly contribute to the atmospheric trace gases and particles, which affect air quality and human health. After emission, the chemical evolution changes the mass and composition of organic aerosol (OA) in the diluted and aged plume. In this study, we used a quasi-real atmospheric smog chamber system to conduct aging experiments and investigated the multiphase oxidation of primary organic aerosol (POA) and the formation of secondary organic aerosols (SOA) in residential biomass burning plumes. We found that the emissions in the gas and particle phases were interlinked during the plume evolution. During photochemical aging, more oxidized OA was produced, and SOA formation increased by a factor of 2 due to functionalization reactions of gaseous precursors such as furans, phenols, and carbonyls. On the other hand, dark aging resulted in a lower OA mass enhancement by a factor of 1.2, with weaker oxidation from gaseous reactions. Dark aging experiments resulted in the generation of substantial quantities of nitrogen-containing organic compounds in both gas and particulate phases, while photochemical aging led to a notable increase in the concentration of gaseous carboxylic acids. Our observations show that the properties of SOA are influenced by exposure to sunlight radiation and oxidants such as OH or NO<sub>3</sub> radicals. These results reflect the aging process of BB plumes in real-world atmospheric conditions and highlight the importance of considering various aging mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":311,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollution","volume":"337 ","pages":"122615"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41098019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Environmental PollutionPub Date : 2023-11-15Epub Date: 2023-09-22DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122604
Fella Moualek, Dominic Belanger, Mathieu Babin, Geneviève J Parent, Dominic E Ponton, Marc Amyot, Caroline Senay, Dominique Robert, Zhe Lu
{"title":"Spatial distribution and speciation of mercury in a recovering deepwater redfish (Sebastes mentella) population from St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulf, Canada.","authors":"Fella Moualek, Dominic Belanger, Mathieu Babin, Geneviève J Parent, Dominic E Ponton, Marc Amyot, Caroline Senay, Dominique Robert, Zhe Lu","doi":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122604","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122604","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mercury (Hg) pollution poses a significant threat to the environment, particularly in the form of methylmercury (MeHg). However, little is known about the distribution and influencing factors of Hg in deep-sea (>200m) fish, which is crucial for assessing potential health risks to fish and humans. In Canada, the deepwater redfish (Sebastes mentella) has been designated as an endangered species. After a 25-year fishing moratorium, the redfish population in the St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulf is recovering, and resuming of commercial fishing and human consumption are expected. This study aimed to investigate the distribution of MeHg and total Hg (THg) in the muscle of redfish, as well as the factors influencing its distribution, and to assess the potential human health risks associated with redfish consumption. The redfish samples (n = 123) were collected by Fisheries and Oceans Canada in 2019. The concentrations of THg and MeHg in redfish muscle were determined to be 93.3 ± 183 ng/g (mean ± SD, wet weight) and 78.2 ± 149 ng/g, respectively. Large redfish (>30 cm) accumulated 20 to 30 times more Hg than small redfish (17-30 cm). Small redfish from the Estuary-Western Gulf had higher levels of MeHg and THg than those from the Laurentian Channel and the Northeast Gulf, but the Hg availability to redfish among the three areas were similar. Significant predictors of MeHg concentrations in redfish muscle were determined to be fish length, muscle moisture, δ<sup>15</sup>N, and N%. MeHg consumption by the general population with an average fish consumption rate is not anticipated to have adverse effects. This study establishes a baseline for future Hg monitoring in the deep water environments in this region. Further research is required to elucidate the cause-effect relationships between various environmental/biological parameters and Hg accumulation in deep-sea biota.</p>","PeriodicalId":311,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollution","volume":"337 ","pages":"122604"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41101497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Environmental PollutionPub Date : 2023-11-15Epub Date: 2023-09-26DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122611
Abdallah Ouakhssase, Elhabib Ait Addi
{"title":"Monitoring 432 potential pesticides in tomatoes produced and commercialized in Souss Massa region-Morocco, using LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS.","authors":"Abdallah Ouakhssase, Elhabib Ait Addi","doi":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122611","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122611","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this work, we monitored 432 pesticide residues in 39 tomato samples (cherry tomato) obtained from local markets in Souss Massa region-Morocco. We used a QuEChERS combined with LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS, and the method was validated based on SANTE 11312/2021 guideline. The limits of quantification (LOQ) obtained for most of the pesticides analyzed are at the limit with default EU MRLs or well below other EU MRLs. Recoveries (between 70 and 120%) and RSDs (≤20%) are satisfactory for more than 95% of the analytes at spiking level of 0.01 mg/kg and more than 97% at 0.1 mg/kg. The results indicated that 22 out of 39 tomato samples are positives and the most of our samples had levels lower than the maximum residue levels (MRLs) with average concentrations between 0.011 and 0.156 mg/kg. The most found pesticides were azoxystrobin and difenoconazole in tomato (7 samples). Only buprofezin (0.095 mg/kg) was found above the EU MRLs (0.01 mg/kg). Also, banned pesticides namely benalaxyl, spirodiclofen and imidacloprid have been detected. The results of our study confirm the previous findings and gives insights on the occurrence of different pesticides in tomato samples from Souss Massa region-Morocco.</p>","PeriodicalId":311,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Pollution","volume":"337 ","pages":"122611"},"PeriodicalIF":8.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41104746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}