Pesticide Residues and Metabolites in Greek Honey and Pollen: Bees and Human Health Risk Assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bees encounter a plethora of environmental contaminants during nectar and pollen collection from plants. Consequently, after their entrance into the beehives, the transfer of numerous pollutants to apicultural products is inevitable.

Methods

In this context, during the period of 2015-2020, 109 samples of honey, pollen, and beebread were sampled and analyzed for the determination of pesticides and their metabolites. More than 130 analytes were investigated in each sample by applying two validated multiresidue methods (HPLC-ESI-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS).

Results

Until the end of 2020, 40 determinations were reported in honey, resulting in a 26% positive to at least one active substance. The concentrations of pesticides ranged from 1.3 ng/g to 785 ng/g honey. For se

SUBMITTER: Kasiotis KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9955768 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature