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Organochlorine (chlordecone) uptake by root vegetables

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Clostre F., Letourmy P., Lesueur Jannoyer M.
2015

Chlordecone, an organochlorine insecticide, continues to pollute soils in the French West Indies. The main source of human exposure to this pollutant is food. Root vegetables, which are staple foods in tropical regions, can be highly contaminated and are thus a very effective lever for action to reduce consumer exposure. We analyzed chlordecone contamination in three root vegetables, yam, dasheen ...

Contamination et toxicologie alimentaires; Pollution; Chimie et physique du sol

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