- Title
- Quantification of pesticide residues in fresh vegetables available in local markets for human consumption and the associated health risks
- Creator
- Nisha, Umme Salma; Khan, Md. Sirajul Islam; Prodhan, Mohammad Dalower Hossain; Meftaul, Islam Md; Begum, Noorjahan; Parven, Aney; Shahriar, Syfullah; Juraimi, Abdul Shukor; Hakim, Md. Abdul
- Relation
- Agronomy Vol. 11, Issue 9, no. 1804
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11091804
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Human health risks as a result of consuming pesticide residues in fresh vegetables have drawn serious attention to the scientific community, particularly in developing countries. This study analyzed country bean (Lablab purpureus L.) and eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) for widely used neonicotinoid, synthetic pyrethroid, and dithiocarbamate pesticide residues in order to ensure food safety. The analyzed vegetables contained residues of acetamiprid and cypermethrin in 17% of bean and 13% of eggplant samples, respectively; among them, 3% of bean and 1% of eggplant samples had residues of acetamiprid that were above the maximum residue limits set by the European Union (EU-MRLs). None of the samples for either of the analyzed vegetables contained the residue of thiram and lambda-cyhalothrin. In contrast, 83% of bean and 87% of eggplant samples had no detectable pesticides. Thus, the findings were surprising considering the repeated and overuse of pesticides in vegetables in the investigated areas. However, this outcome supports the general claim of pesticide adulteration in terms of the active ingredients, which is another drawback to ensuring food safety. The non-cancer health risk assessment based on the acute health risk to consumer (aHI) and chronic hazard quotient (HQ) indicates that contaminated vegetables might pose a potential threat to children’s health and alarming for adults. This study reflects the overall scenario of pesticide residues in marketed vegetables of Barishal district of Bangladesh, which could help the consumers to bring awareness, and to take necessary actions by the pesticide suppliers and policymakers.
- Subject
- country bean (Lablab purpureus L.); eggplant (Solanum melongena L.); pesticide adulteration; pesticide residues; health risk; SDG 3; SDG 17; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1476928
- Identifier
- uon:49888
- Identifier
- ISSN:2073-4395
- Rights
- © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
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