Human Risk Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Vegetables from Kumasi, Ghana

Table 1

Recoveries and method detection limits (MDLs) for the analysis of the 15 OCPs.

Pesticide	MDL (µg/kg)	% recovery
γ-HCH	0.39	104.00
β-HCH	0.34	89.60
Heptachlor	0.39	105.07
δ-HCH	0.28	74.27
Aldrin	0.42	112.00
γ-Chlordane	0.41	109.73
α-Endosulfan	0.29	77.73
p,p′-DDE	0.30	80.93
Dieldrin	0.29	76.93
Endrin	0.39	103.73
p,p′-DDD	0.33	88.27
β-Endosulfan	0.38	99.86
p,p′-DDT	0.38	100.27
Endosulfan sulphate	0.35	92.93