Group Research & Development Centre,
British-American Tobacco Co. Ltd..
SOUTHAMPTON.
CWA/RA/46D-5 9th March 1979.
PESTICIDE RESIDUE LEVELS ON AUSTRALIAN-MADE
CIGARETTES AND AUSTRALL6.21-GROWN TOBACCO - 4TH
SURVEY
(Report No. R.D.1660 Restricted)
SUMKARY
The levels of dithiocarbamate and organochlorine
pesticide residues
on ten samples of tobacco from the 1978 Australian
crop, and six brands
of Australian-made cigarettes, two brands from
each of the three major
manufacturers, have been determined.
The level of dithiocarbamate residues on all of
the North Queensland
tobaccos and on the Victorian Burley samples is
much higher for the 1978
crop than for 1977 crop. Victorian flue-cured
tobaccost however, show
little change. Of the Australian cigarettes
analysed, only Winfield
shows a significant increase compared with 1977.
Levels on both AMATIL
brands and on Peter Stuyvesant are unchanged and
there has been a large
reduction on both of the Philip Morris brands in
1978.
In general there has been a large decrease in the
level of organo-
chlorine pesticides found on the 1978 Australian
crop although, even now,
levels remain much higher than those found on
tobaccos from the other major
growing areas. Exceptions to this general
reduction are endrin on all
samples together with d'-" nsland tobaccos which
show
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Group Research & Development Centre,
British-American Tobacco Co. Ltd.,
SOUTHAMPTON.
CWA/RA/46D-5 9th March 1979.
PESTICIDE RESIDUE LEVELS ON AUSTRALIAN-MADE
CIGARETTES AND AUSTRALIAIN-GROWN TOBACCO - 4TH
SURVEY
(Report No. R.D.l6b0 Restricted)
SUMMARY
The levels of dithiocarbamate and organochlorine
pesticide residues
on ten samples of tobacco from the 1978 Australian
crop, and six brands
of Australian-made cigarettes, two brands from
each of the three major
manufacturers, have been determined.
The level of dithiocarbamate residues on all of
the North Queensland
tobaccos and on the Victorian Burley samples is
much higher for the 1978
crop than for 1977 crop. Victorian flue-cured
tobaccos, however, show
little change. Of the Australian cigarettes
analysed, only Winfield
shows a significant increase compared with 1977.
Levels on both AMATIL
brands and on Peter Stuyvesant are unchanged and
there has been a large
reduction on both of the Philip Morris brands in
1978.
In general there has been a large decrease in the
level of organo-
chlorine pesticides found on the 1978 Australian
crop although, even now,
levels remain much higher than those found on
tobaccos from the other major
growing areas. Exceptions to this general
reduction are endrin on all
samples together with dieldrin on the North
Queensland tobaccos which show
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little change and endosulfan on the North
Queensland tobaccos which has
increased.
The cigarette brands analysed show some
interesting differences.
The levels of'DDT type pesticides on AMATIL brands
in 1978 are only
about one third of the level found in 1977. For
Philip Morris brands
it is about half the 1977 figure, whereas for
Rothmans brands the reduction
is much smaller, only about 25Z. Whilst dieldrin
levels on ARDATH and
the two Rothman brands has not changed
significantly between 1977 and
1978, BENSON & HEDGES and the two Philip Morris
brands have at least
twice the 1977 level in 1978. This might indicate
that Rothmans are
using significantly different tobaccos from AHATIL
and Philip Morris.
AMATIL brands differ from those of the other two
manufacturers in'
having higher endrin and endosulfan levels in 1978
than in 1977. Winfield
has a lower c-ndrin level in 1978 but otherwise
levels of endrin and
endosulfan on cigarettes are unchanged.
For the first time since surveys of pesticide
residues on Australian
tobacco started in 1972, a general trend to lower
levels has been found,
although there are still several exceptions, the
most significant being
the increase in dithiocarbamate residue levels.
Levels of almost all
pesticide residues found on both the Australian
tobaccos and cigarettes
would be above the level permitted by the recently
introduced German
legislation.
Note: 1977 refers to tobacco and cigarette samples
analysed in the 3rd survey.
1978 refers to tobacco and cigarette samples
analysed in the 4th survey.
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