The Risk Assessment of Pesticide Ingestion with Fruit and Vegetables for Consumer’s Health
Table 1
Validation results: mean recovery and relative standard deviation from three representative samples (apple, cucumber, and lemon) inoculated with 0.1 μg/ml to 0.25 μg/ml.
Pesticide
Apple ()
Cucumber ()
Lemon ()
Recovery (%)
RSD (%)
Recovery (%)
RSD (%)
Recovery (%)
RSD (%)
Aldrin
98
3.6
97
1.5
104
1.2
Bromophos ethyl
91
6.8
108
5.6
102
5.9
Chlorfenvinphos
77
5.8
88
4.8
103
4.9
Chlorpyriphos
87
1.8
109
1.6
99
1.3
Chlorpyriphos-methyl
102
7.8
93
7.9
105
7.4
DDD
88
4.8
77
4.6
103
4.5
DDE
106
4.9
95
5.8
99
4.4
DDT
100
12.3
88
13.8
104
12.8
Diazinon
94
7.8
94
8.7
100
8.8
Dieldrin
104
5.6
86
7.4
102
7.5
Dichlorvos
97
2.9
90
2.7
96
2.9
Dimethoate
78
10.1
92
5.9
102
4.3
Disulfoton
103
11.7
91
10.4
104
8.1
Endosulfan-I
90
3.9
89
5.2
102
3.8
Endosulfan-II
88
2.4
96
3.6
99
1.2
Endosulfan-sulfate
91
4.6
89
2.5
102
3.7
Endrin
104
8.5
86
8.6
106
6.2
Ethion
99
7.1
89
6.2
87
6.0
HCH-alpha
104
1.9
93
2.8
109
2.8
HCH-beta
102
14.2
102
13.6
99
16.5
HCH-gamma
99
10.9
89
10.3
86
11.4
Heptachlor
99
5.4
91
5.2
104
5.7
Fensulfothion
99
12.3
84
16.4
82
17.8
Heptachlor-epoxide
99
8.4
96
4.3
109
4.5
Fosfamidon
101
4.6
102
4.8
100
5.4
Imazalil
98
8.1
98
8.4
109
6.5
Fenchlorphos
106
7.3
91
7.6
109
6.9
Fenthion
105
7.7
94
7.3
90
8.9
Malathion
92
2.8
72
2.9
100
3.3
Methacrifos
85
4.6
79
4.3
100
1.6
Methamidophos
105
16.8
94
12.6
92
19.6
Mevinphos
107
4.2
91
7.5
110
6.5
Parathion-ethyl
97
2.1
106
2.3
101
3.5
Parathion-methyl
74
11.2
76
11.4
83
11.8
Pirimiphos
100
10.7
99
10.8
106
12.8
Phenitrotion
84
4.8
106
4.3
105
4.1
Phorate
106
5.6
96
3.9
98
3.5
Quinalphos
106
8.0
90
7.8
102
7.0
Each representative sample was prepared and analyzed five times.
