Pesticides residues in vegetables in and around Delhi.
This article presents the development of a multiresidue method for the estimation of 30 insecticides, 15 organochlorine insecticides and 6 organophosphorus insecticides, 9 synthetic pyrethriods and 2 herbicides and their quantification in vegetables. The monitoring study indicates that though all the vegetable samples were contaminated with pesticides, only 31% of the samples contained pesticides above the prescribed tolerance limit.
Mukherjee
Irani
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Division of Agricultural Chemicals, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India. drirani@yahoo.com
D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis*; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014675:Vegetables / Q000737:chemistry*
D007306:Insecticides; D010573:Pesticide Residues