Testing For Pesticides

Testing people on Hvar Island for pesticides via hair samples is an ongoing project, conducted by Eco Hvar. These are the preliminary results from the Kudzu laboratory which tested for 60 pesticides in 2021 and 100 as from 2022.

Note: the only person to test negative for the presence of pesticides routinely uses ozone to treat foodstuffs which are not produced organically.

Ozone treatment for chicken

Pesticides per person:

(Note: be aware there are many more pesticides in use on Hvar and in Croatia generally which were not included in the testing!)

Date of analysis     Individual      Place of residence         Number of pesticides present

04.02.2021.           (fem. 1948)     Pitve                              3 (of 60 pesticides tested)

08.12.2022.           (fem. 1948)     Pitve                              6 re-test, (100 pesticides tested)

21.06.2023.           (fem. 1960)     Pitve                              0

21.06.2023.           (fem. 1975)     near Vrboska                 8

17.07.2023.           (fem. 1964)     Vrisnik                          11

17.07.2023.           (m.1964)         Hvar                               8

17.07.2023.         (m. 2019)        Pitve                              7

17.07.2023.           (fem. 1988)     Pitve                              10

01.12.2023.           (fem. 1987)      Jelsa                               3

08.01.2024.           (fem. 1982)      Jelsa                               4

07.02.2025.           (fem. 1948)     Pitve                                3 re-test

Ozoniser machine settings

Substances identified:

4,4-DDD - Organochlorine insecticide. Metabolite of insecticide DDT. EU / ECHA: not approved
1. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
2. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m.1964) Hvar
 
4,4-DDE (p.p'-DDE) - Organochlorine insecticide. Metabolite of insecticide DDT. EU / ECHA: not approved
1. sample 04.02.2021, analysis 15-19.02.2021 - (fem. 1948) Pitve
2. sample 24.11.2022, analysis 08.12.2022 - (fem. 1948) Pitve, re-test
3. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
4. sample 22.12.2023, analysis 08.01.2024 - (fem. 1982) Jelsa
5. sample 07.02.2025, analysis 06.03.2025 - (fem. 1948) Pitve, re-test
 
4,4-DDT sample 07.02.2025, analysis 06.03.2025 - (fem. 1948) Pitve, re-test
 
ALLETHRIN (d-Allethrin) - synthetic pyrethroid. EU / ECHA: not approved
1. sample 24.11.2022, analysis 08.12.2022 - (fem. 1948) Pitve
2. sample 06.11.2023. analysis 01.12.2023. (fem. 1987) Jelsa
 
AMETOCTRADIN - triazolopyrimidine fungicide
1. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
 
AZOXYSTROBIN - strobilurin fungicide
1. sample 04.02.2021, analysis 15-19.02.2021 - (fem. 1948) Pitve
2. sample 24.11.2022, analysis 08.12.2022 - (fem. 1948) Pitve  (re-test)
3. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
4. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
5. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m.1964) Hvar
6. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 2019) Pitve
7. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
8. sample 06.11.2023. analysis 01.12.2023. (fem. 1987) Jelsa
9. sample 22.12.2023, analysis 08.01.2024 - (fem. 1982) Jelsa
10. sample 07.02.2025, analysis 06.03.2025 - (fem. 1948) Pitve, re-test
 
FIPRONIL - pyrazole insecticide. EU / ECHA: not approved
1. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
2. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 2019) Pitve
3. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
CYPERMETHRIN -pyrethroid insecticide
1. sample 06.11.2023. analysis 01.12.2023. (fem. 1987) Jelsa
 
FIPRONIL SULFONE pyrazole insecticide; primary metabolite of fipronil. EU / ECHA: not approved
1. sample 24.11.2022, analysis 08.12.2022 - (fem. 1948) Pitve
2. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
3. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 2019) Pitve
4. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
FLUDIOXONIL - phenylpyrrole fungicide
1. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
 
IMIDACLOPRID. neonicotinoid insecticide. EU: not approved; [ECHA: renewal of approval in progress, August 2023]
1. sample 24.11.2022, analysis 08.12.2022 - (fem. 1948) Pitve
2. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
3. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
4. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m.1964) Hvar
5. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 2019) Pitve
6. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
ISOPROTURON - phenylurea herbicide. EU: not approved; [ECHA application for approval for film preservatives (PT07) and construction material preservatives (PT10) in progress, August 2023]
1. analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
LINDANE (HCH-gamma) - organochlorine insecticide. EU / ECHA: not approved
1. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
2. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m.1964) Hvar
 
MALATHION - organophosphate insecticide. ECHA: not approved
1. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
METALAXYL, METALAXYL-M - phenylamide fungicide
1. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
 
MIREX - organochlorine inssecticide EU, ECHA: not approved
1. sample 22.12.2023, analysis 08.01.2024 - (fem. 1982) Jelsa
 
PERMETHRIN - synthetic pyrethroid insecticide. EU: not approved
1. sample 04.02.2021, analysis 15-19.02.2021 - (fem. 1948) Pitve
2. sample 24.11.2022, analysis 08.12.2022 - (fem. 1948) Pitve re-test
3. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
4. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 1964) Hvar
5. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
6. sample 07.02.2025, analysis 06.03.2025 - (fem. 1948) Pitve, re-test
 
PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE - pyrethroid synergist.
1. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
 
PYRIMETHANIL - anilinopyrimidine fungicide
1. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
 
PROPICONAZOLE - triazole fungicide. EU: not approved
1. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
2. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m.1964) Hvar
3. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 2019) Pitve
4. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
PROPOXUR - carbamate insecticide. EU / ECHA: not approved
1. sample 25.05.2023, analysis 21.06.2023 - (fem. 1975) Near Vrboska
 
TEBUCONAZOLE - triazole fungicide
1. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
2. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m.1964) Hvar
3. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 2019) Pitve
4. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
 
TRANSFLUTHRIN - pyrethroid insecticide. EU: not approved
1. sample 15.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1964) Vrisnik
2. sample 17.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m.1964) Hvar
3. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (m. 2019) Pitve
4. sample 26.06.2023, analysis 17.07.2023 - (fem. 1988) Pitve
5. sample 22.12.2023, analysis 08.01.2024 - (fem. 1982) Jelsa

For details of the pesticide substances identified, with their possible adverse effects, related pesticidal products and approval status, please see 'Pesticides and their adverse effects'.

Note: The list of pesticides tested did not include all the pesticides used on Hvar, so it is possible that more pesticides might be found in a wider range of tests. We did not test for the presence of glyphosate

Eco Hvar August 2023

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