Soil thresholds and a decision tool to manage food safety of crops grown in chlordecone polluted soil in the French West Indies

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 223; pp. 357 - 366
• Main Authors: Clostre, Florence, Letourmy, Philippe, Lesueur-Jannoyer, Magalie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2017
• Subjects: Agriculture - methods; Chlordecone - analysis; Crop uptake; Crops, Agricultural - chemistry; Crops, Agricultural - growth & development; Crops, Agricultural - metabolism; Decision Support Techniques; Decision support tool; Food contamination; Food Safety - methods; Insecticides - analysis; Models, Theoretical; Persistent organic pollutant; Soil - chemistry; Soil contamination threshold; Soil Pollutants - analysis; West Indies; Persistent organic pollutant; Food contamination; MRL; Soil contamination threshold; FM; CLD; Decision support tool; Crop uptake; DS

Due to the persistent pollution of soils by an organochlorine, chlordecone (CLD also known as Kepone ©) in the French West Indies, some crops may be contaminated beyond the European regulatory threshold, the maximum residue limit (MRL). Farmers need to be able to foresee the risk of not complying wi...