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Phytotoxins: environmental micropollutants of concern?
Journal article

Phytotoxins: environmental micropollutants of concern?

  • Bucheli TD Agroscope Institute for Sustainability Sciences ISS , CH-8046 Zurich, Switzerland.
  • 2014-10-18
Published in:
  • Environmental science & technology. - 2014
Allelopathy
Animals
Environmental Pollutants
Humans
Pest Control, Biological
Risk Reduction Behavior
Secondary Metabolism
Toxins, Biological
English Natural toxins such as mycotoxins or phytotoxins (bioactive compounds from fungi and plants, respectively) have been widely studied in food and feed, where they are stated to out-compete synthetic chemicals in their overall human and animal toxicological risk. A similar perception and awareness is yet largely missing for environmental safety. This article attempts to raise concern in this regard, by providing (circumstantial) evidence that phytotoxins in particular can be emitted into the environment, where they may contribute to the complex mixture of organic micropollutants. Exposures can be orders-of-magnitude higher in anthropogenically managed/affected (agro-)ecosystems than in the pristine environment.
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  • English
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https://sonar.ch/global/documents/41285
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