ANALYSIS OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN DISPOSABLE BABY DIAPERS

Year 2017, Volume: Volume 2 Issue: İssue 1 (1) - 2.İnternational Congress Of Forensic Toxicology, 13 - 13, 16.02.2017

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Abstract

 

Most babies wear
cotton diapers nearly 24 hours a day, and those diapers are in constant contact
with both skin and mucus membranes. This means that any chemicals in diapers
are likely to wind up in your baby’s system if he or she wears disposable
diapers. When parents pull a box of diapers off the shelf, how many of them are
aware of the risks to which they are exposing their children: cancer, asthma,
hormone disruption, and others. Dioxins, sodium polyacrylate,
dyes, fragrances, and phthalates are some of the ingredients which are found in
disposable diapers.

Cotton is mostly
grown in monoculture and is a very pesticide-intensive crop. Although it is
only grown on 2.5% of the world’s agricultural land, it consumes 16% of all the
insecticides and 6.8% of all herbicides used worldwide. There are some studies
that have found pesticide residues in cotton textiles. For this reason, we want
to analyze pesticide residue in some disposable baby diapers.

The aim of this
study was to analyze some of pesticide residues in disposable baby diapers.
Different trademark disposable cotton baby diapers were obtained from local
market. LC-MS/MS techniques are used to determine pesticide residues in
disposable baby diapers.

The amounts of
some pesticides detected in baby diapers were higher than the maximum residue
limit values.

Keywords

ANALYSIS OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN DISPOSABLE BABY DIAPERS

References

• University of Dicle, Faculty of Science, Chemistry Department, Diyarbakır, Turkey
• University of Dicle, Faculty of Science, Biology Department, Diyarbakır, Turkey
• Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Turkey