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Testing For Pesticides

Published in Poisons Beware

Testing people on Hvar Island for pesticides via hair samples is an ongoing project, conducted by Eco Hvar. These are the preliminary results from the Kudzu laboratory which tested for 100 pesticides.

Testing For Pesticides

Pesticides per person:

Date of analysis     Individual      Place of residence         Number of pesticides present

08.12.2022.           (fem. 1948)     Pitve                                 6

21.06.2023.           (fem. 1960)     Pitve                                 0

21.06.2023.           (fem. 1975)     near Vrboska                   8

17.07.2023.           (fem. 1964)     Vrisnik                            11

17.07.2023.           (m.1964)         Hvar                                8

17.07.2023.           (m. 2019)        Pitve                                7

17.07.2023.           (fem. 1988)     Pitve                                10

Substances identified:

4,4-DDD - Organochlorine insecticide. Metabolite of insecticide DDT. EU / ECHA: not approved
1. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
2. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m.1964) Hvar
 
4,4-DDE (p.p'-DDE) - Organochlorine insecticide. Metabolite of insecticide DDT. EU / ECHA: not approved
1. sample 24.11.2022, analysis 08.12.2022 - (fem. 1948) Pitve
2. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
 
ALLETHRIN (d-Allethrin) - synthetic pyrethroid. EU / ECHA: not approved
1. sample 24.11.2022, analysis 08.12.2022 - (fem. 1948) Pitve
 
AMETOCTRADIN - triazolopyrimidine fungicide
1. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
 
AZOXYSTROBIN - strobilurin fungicide
1. sample 24.11.2022, analysis 08.12.2022 - (fem. 1948) Pitve
2. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
3. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
4. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m.1964) Hvar
5. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 2019) Pitve
6. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
FIPRONIL. pyrazole insecticide. EU / ECHA: not approved
1. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
2. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 2019) Pitve
3. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
FIPRONIL SULFONE pyrazole insecticide; primary metabolite of fipronil. EU / ECHA: not approved
1. sample 24.11.2022, analysis 08.12.2022 - (fem. 1948) Pitve
2. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
3. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 2019) Pitve
4. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
FLUDIOXONIL - phenylpyrrole fungicide
1. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
 
IMIDACLOPRID. neonicotinoid insecticide. EU: not approved; [ECHA: renewal of approval in progress, August 2023]
1. sample 24.11.2022, analysis 08.12.2022 - (fem. 1948) Pitve
2. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
3. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
4. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m.1964) Hvar
5. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 2019) Pitve
6. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
ISOPROTURON - phenylurea herbicide. EU: not approved; [ECHA application for approval for film preservatives (PT07) and construction material preservatives (PT10) in progress, August 2023]
1. analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
LINDANE (HCH-gamma) - organochlorine insecticide. EU / ECHA: not approved
1. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
2. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m.1964) Hvar
 
MALATHION - organophosphate insecticide. ECHA: not approved
1. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
METALAXYL, METALAXYL-M - phenylamide fungicide
1. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
 
PERMETHRIN - synthetic pyrethroid insecticide. EU: not approved
1. sample 24.11.2022, analysis 08.12.2022 - (fem. 1948) Pitve
2. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
3. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 1964) Hvar
4. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE - pyrethroid synergist.
1. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
 
PYRIMETHANIL - anilinopyrimidine fungicide
1. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
 
PROPICONAZOLE - triazole fungicide. EU: not approved
1. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
2. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m.1964) Hvar
3. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 2019) Pitve
4. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
PROPOXUR - carbamate insecticide. EU / ECHA: not approved
1. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
 
TEBUCONAZOLE - triazole fungicide
1. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
2. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m.1964) Hvar
3. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 2019) Pitve
4. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
TRANSFLUTHRIN - pyrethroid insecticide. EU: not approved
1. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
2. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m.1964) Hvar
3. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 2019) Pitve
4. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve

For details of the pesticide substances identified, with their possible adverse effects, related pesticidal products and approval status, please see 'Pesticides and their adverse effects'.

Note: The list of pesticides tested did not include all the pesticides used on Hvar, so it is possible that more pesticides might be found in a wider range of tests. We did not test for the presence of glyphosate. 

Eco Hvar August 2023

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