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Archive | ISSUE: , Volume: Oct-Dec-2024

Effects of Organochlorine pesticide residues in Some Beans and Tomatoes Sold at Amai Market


Author:Gbodo. E.A and Onuoha , T

published date:2024-Apr-23

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Abstract

Pesticides are plant-defensive products vastly used in agriculture to augment the yield, improve the quality, and extend the storage life of food crops. However, its indiscriminate use, inner properties, and the likelihood of having effects on non-target organisms have made it a pollutant of concern in the environment. This study examined the effects of pesticide residues in local beans and tomato samples. Samples of beans and tomatoes were purchased randomly from the Amai market in the Ukwani Local government area of Delta State. A total of twenty-five organochlorine pesticide (OCP) residues in these samples were analyzed with a gas chromatography-electron captured detector (ECD). The estimated acceptable daily intake (EADI) and estimated chronic daily intake (ECDI) of aldrin and Dichlorodiphenytetraethene (DDT) concentration in Beans and tomatoes was determined based on European Union (EU) and United States Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) standards. The study results revealed levels of organochlorine pesticide residues among beans and tomato samples. Dichlorodiphenytetraethene (DDT) had the highest value of 0.0004mg/kg among the OCP residues detected in beans followed by aldrin, with a value of 0.0002mg/kg in tomatoes. The study, thus suggests that OCPs concentrations in beans and tomatoes are unsafe for human consumption. The study therefore calls for incessant monitoring of agricultural farmlands because continuous exposure to pesticide-contaminated food products sold in Amai market (beans, tomatoes) could affect the health of consumers.

Keywords: Organochlorine, Aldrin, Dichlorodiphenylt Richloroethane Amai,,

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