Determination of perchlorate in tobacco plants and tobacco products

Ellington, JJ; Wolfe, NL; Garrison, AW; Evans, JJ; Avants, JK; Teng, Q

HERO ID

17190

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year

2001

Language

English

PMID

11506007

HERO ID 17190
In Press No
Year 2001
Title Determination of perchlorate in tobacco plants and tobacco products
Authors Ellington, JJ; Wolfe, NL; Garrison, AW; Evans, JJ; Avants, JK; Teng, Q
Journal Environmental Science & Technology
Volume 35
Issue 15
Page Numbers 3213-3218
Abstract Previous field and laboratory studies with vascular plants have shown that perchlorate is transported from perchlorate fortified soils and is accumulated in the plant tissues and organs. This paper contains results of preliminary investigations on the occurrence of perchlorate in tobacco plants grown in soils amended with a fertilizer whose nitrogen content is derived from naturally occurring sodium nitrate (Chile saltpeter). Ion chromatography (IC) and capillary electrophoresis (CE) were used for quantitative analysis, while nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used for qualitative analysis of perchlorate. Results show that perchlorate is accumulated by tobacco plants into the leaves from soils amended with fertilizers that contain perchlorate. Also, perchlorate can persist over an extended period of time and under a variety of industrial processes as shown by its presence in off-the-shelf tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars, and pouch and plug chewing tobaccos in concentrations ranging from nd to 60.4 +/- 0.8 mg/kg on a wet weight basis.
Doi 10.1021/es0106321
Pmid 11506007
Wosid WOS:000170281200040
Url https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es0106321
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Comments ECRIB.Environ. Sci. Technol. 35: 3213-3218.
Is Public Yes
Language Text English
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