Research Article
Determination of Levels of Organochlorine, Organophosphorus, and Pyrethroid Pesticide Residues in Vegetables from Markets in Dar es Salaam by GC-MS
Table 4
Mean concentrations (±SD) of pesticide residues in onions (mg/kg).
| Site | Sample | p,p′-DDD | α-Endosulfan | β-Endosulfan | Chlorpyrifos | Cypermethrin |
| Kko | O1 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | O2 | () × 10−2 | ND | ND | ND | ND | O3 | () × 10−2 | ND | ND | | () × 10−3 |
| Bgn | O4 | () × 10−3 | ND | ND | | () × 10−2 | O5 | () × 10−3 | ND | ND | ND | ND | O6 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Mny | O7 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | O8 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | O9 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Tmk | O10 | () × 10−3 | ND | ND | ND | ND | O11 | ND | () × 10−1 | () × 10−2 | ND | ND | O12 | () × 10−3 | () × 10−1 | () × 10−2 | | ND |
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ND: not detected.
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