Occurrence of environmental contaminants (pesticides, herbicides, PAHs) in Australian/Queensland <i>Apis mellifera</i> honey

Hungerford, Natasha L.; Fletcher, Mary T.; Tsai, Heng Hang; Hnatko, Darina; Swann, Lorinda J.; Kelly, Cassandra L.; Anuj, Shalona R.; Tinggi, Ujang; Webber, Dennis; Were, Stephen T.; Tan, Benjamin Lee Leng

doi:10.1080/19393210.2021.1914743

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“…Pesticides can be classed according to their uses and in this regard can be categorised as fungicides, weedicide/herbicides, nematicides, rodenticides and insecticides [88]. Moreover, on the basis of chemical structure, further grouping of major pesticides into organochlorines, organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids, triazines, and neonicotinoids also exists [42, 88]. The findings from this study provide evidence of these different classes of pesticides receiving attention in the included studies even though the compounds or classes of pesticides studied were not given equal attention across different geographic locations (Fig 5).…”

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“…The foraging behaviour of bees throughout the general environment means that bees can transport foreign bodies which may compromise colony products. Honey, as a hive product, is susceptible to potential contamination from the use of applied pesticides for crop production [40] and can be used as a proxy to evaluate the general state and health of the environment because of its ability to reveal the chemical condition of the environment [41, 42]. The levels of contaminants in honeybees, honey and pollen have been used to assess the level of heavy metals in the environment in both natural and human disturbed landscapes [43, 44].…”

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Honey contamination from plant protection products approved for cocoa cultivation: a systematic review of existing research and methods

Boakye

Stanley

White

2022

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Cocoa (Theobroma cocoa), which is the key ingredient of chocolate, is an important economic crop plant which supports the livelihoods of an estimated forty to fifty million people directly involved in its cultivation. Many cocoa producing countries, especially those from the developing world, rely on the income from cocoa export to support their economies. The plant is, however, prone to disease and pest attacks and therefore requires the application of large volumes of pesticides to guarantee satisfactory productions. Even though pesticides help protect the cocoa plant from disease and pest attacks, unintended effects of environmental contamination are also a possibility. Honey, a product of nectar collected by honeybees from flowers during foraging, may be a useful proxy for the extent to which landscapes are exposed to pesticides and the degree of pesticide accumulation in the environment. The overreaching question is: to what extent has the effect of pesticides imputed for cocoa production on honey received attention in research? In this present study, we conducted a systematic approach to quantify existing studies on honey contamination from plant protection products approved for cocoa cultivation. We observed that one hundred and fifty-five different compounds, comprising some recommended and other unapproved compounds for cocoa cultivation, were detected in 79% of the reviewed ninety publications. Our results further point to the neonicotinoids as the most studied class of pesticides, with imidacloprid particularly being the single most studied and detected compound. However, the most remarkable observation made from this study points to disproportionate studies of honey contamination from pesticides conducted in cocoa and non-cocoa producing countries with only 18% of the publications taking place in the latter. To bridge the gap, we suggest prioritising increased research in cocoa growing countries to ameliorate the significant gaps in knowledge owing to limited studies emanating from these geographic regions.

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Honey contamination from plant protection products approved for cocoa cultivation: a systematic review of existing research and methods

Boakye

Stanley

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2022

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“…During the foraging, they travel a huge distance varying from species to species (average 1-7 km 2 ) and come in contact with nearby air, water, soil and plants. Therefore, as a result, honey acts as an environmental indicator of adjacent ecosphere and gives a relevant vision about the presence of various contaminants including pesticides, heavy metals, trace elements and low-level radioactivity [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34].…”

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Differentiating Wild and Apiary Honey by Elemental Profiling: a Case Study from Mangroves of Indian Sundarban

Gaine

Tudu

Ghosh

et al. 2021

Biol Trace Elem Res

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Honey is a natural substance produced by honeybees from the nectar or secretion of flowering plants. Along with the botanical and geographical origin, several environmental factors also play a major role in determining the characteristics of honey. The aim of this study is to determine and compare the elemental concentration of various macro and trace elements in apiary and wild honeys collected from different parts of Indian Sundarbans. The elemental analysis was performed in inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy preceded by microwave digestion method. The concentrations of 19 elements (Ag,

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“…Despite many literature studies on the determination of glyphosate and AMPA in various matrices, the determination of these substances is still a challenge for analytical chemists. In many cases, available analytical procedures described in the literature often require laborious sample preparation steps and highly selective detection techniques (e.g., MS), which are expensive and not always widely available [18,[22][23][24]. Therefore, as part of this study, attempts were made to develop and optimize NPG and AMPA determination in solid food samples.…”

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Determination of Glyphosate and AMPA in Food Samples Using Membrane Extraction Technique for Analytes Preconcentration

2021

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The method for determining glyphosate (NPG) and its metabolite AMPA (aminomethyl phosphonic acid) in solid food samples using UAE-SLM-HPLC–PDA technique was developed. Firstly, ultrasonic-assisted solvent extraction (UAE) and protein precipitation step were used for the analyte isolation. Then, the supernatant was evaporated to dryness and redissolved in distilled water (100 mL). The obtained solution was alkalized to pH 11 (with 1 M NaOH) and used directly as donor phase in SLM (supported liquid membrane) extraction. The SLM extraction was performed using 2 M NaCl (5 mL) as an acceptor phase. The flow rate of both phases (donor and acceptor) was set at 0.2 mL/min. The membrane extraction took 24 h but did not require any additional workload. Finally, the SLM extracts were analyzed using the HPLC technique with photo-diode array detector (PDA) and an application of pre-column derivatization with p-toluenesulfonyl chloride. Glyphosate residues were determined in food samples of walnuts, soybeans, barley and lentil samples. The LOD values obtained for the studied food were 0.002 μg g−1 and 0.021 μg g−1 for NPG and AMPA, respectively. Recoveries values ranged from 32% to 69% for NPG, 29% to 56% for AMPA and depended on the type of sample matrix. In the case of buckwheat and rice flour samples, the content of NPG and AMPA was below the detection level of a used analytical method.

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Occurrence of environmental contaminants (pesticides, herbicides, PAHs) in Australian/Queensland Apis mellifera honey

Cited by 20 publications

References 56 publications

Honey contamination from plant protection products approved for cocoa cultivation: a systematic review of existing research and methods

Honey contamination from plant protection products approved for cocoa cultivation: a systematic review of existing research and methods

Differentiating Wild and Apiary Honey by Elemental Profiling: a Case Study from Mangroves of Indian Sundarban

Determination of Glyphosate and AMPA in Food Samples Using Membrane Extraction Technique for Analytes Preconcentration

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