Vegetables future trends

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Sediments and biota remain priorities for future CP monitoring according to risk assessments. Analysis of dated sediment cores from Europe and from Asia would help assess the current and past deposition in aquatic environments. Temporal trends of CPs in biota need to be studied and there are a number of wildlife and human tissue banks that could supply suitable samples. While there has been much focus on levels in biota in aquatic environments, more work is needed on levels in terrestrial biota to follow up the early work that demonstrated high concentrations in herbivores. This should include more measurements of human tissue samples (blood, mother s milk) given the potential for human exposure via house dust, vegetation, and meat of herbivorous animals. 

With the increasing awareness about the health safety as well as about the environment and ecology, the market trends show that the biodegradable and environmentally safe products would be preferred in future. This would demand for the solvents that are not only safe but are also derived from the renewable resources. Even the chain starters (hydrophobes) for detergents would have to be based on the renewable resources. As a result, for example, the fatty alcohols derived from the vegetable oils would be preferred rather than the ones derived from the petroleum resources. 

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