Determination and health risk assessment of pesticide residues through fresh vegetables and fruits consumption in northeast of Thailand
Keywords:
Pesticide residues, Health risk assessment, Fresh vegetables and fruitsAbstract
The purposes of this research were to determination of pesticide residues through the consumption of fresh vegetables and fruit and health risk assessment of population in the northeast of Thailand. There were 100 samples of fresh vegetables and fruits were analyzed for the 132 pesticide residues by GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS techniques. For the results, it was found that 28 samples (28.0%) were detected with pesticide residues. The highest detected pesticide residues were Kale (21.4%), Oranges (17.9%) and Fresh chilies (14.3%), which came from Chaiyaphum, Nongkhai and Udonthani (10.3%). There samples which had been contaminated with Profenofos, Carbendazim and Carbamate. The samples of detected pesticide residue were exceeded of the MRLs and Default limit of Ministry of Public Health Notification (Pesticide Residues in Food). For the results, the health risk assessment of pesticide residues through fresh vegetables and fruits consumption of ADI shown the highest HQ was Triazophos in oranges with 6.70×10-1 and 7.54×10-1 while the highest HI was Organophosphates with 8.82×10-1 and 9.91×10-1 that both male and female respectively. Considering of the health risk assessment found that the consumption of pesticide residues through fresh vegetables and fruits were not a risk form consumption (HQ and HI ≤1). In order to protect consumers and reduce the risk from pesticide residues in fresh vegetables and fruits, continuous monitoring system should be done.
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