PMID- 24869955 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141121 LR - 20211021 IS - 1573-2959 (Electronic) IS - 0167-6369 (Linking) VI - 186 IP - 10 DP - 2014 Oct TI - Monitoring of pesticide residues levels in fresh vegetable form Heibei Province, North China. PG - 6341-9 LID - 10.1007/s10661-014-3858-7 [doi] AB - In this study, 226 samples of seven types of domestic vegetables collected from several vegetable-growing regions in Hebei Province of China were tested for the presence of 38 different agricultural pesticides using a gas chromatograph equipped with electron capture and nitrogen phosphorus detectors. The aim of this study was to investigate the distribution of pesticides in main vegetables from Hebei Province. Results showed that, in 65.93% of the samples, no residues were found, 31.42% of the samples contained pesticide residues at or below the maximum residue levels (MRLs), and 2.65% of the samples contained pesticide residues above MRL. The most frequently detected pesticides were acephate (31), followed by cyhalothrin (15), bifenthrin (8), omethoate (6), isazophos (6), dimethoate (5), chlorpyrifos (2), and malathion (1). Some (1.33%) of the samples contained multiple residues. The results provide useful information on the current contamination status of a key agricultural area in North China, and points to the continuous monitoring and strict regulation of pesticide use on vegetables are necessary. FAU - Li, Weihao AU - Li W AD - Handan Municipal Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beicang Road, Handan, 056000, Hebei Province, China. FAU - Tai, Lingyu AU - Tai L FAU - Liu, Jianxia AU - Liu J FAU - Gai, Zikuan AU - Gai Z FAU - Ding, Guotao AU - Ding G LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140529 PL - Netherlands TA - Environ Monit Assess JT - Environmental monitoring and assessment JID - 8508350 RN - 0 (Nitriles) RN - 0 (Pesticide Residues) RN - 0 (Pyrethrins) RN - 0 (Soil Pollutants) RN - 28U28EWE79 (dimethoxon) RN - 6B66JED0KN (bifenthrin) RN - JCS58I644W (Chlorpyrifos) RN - V0V73PEB8M (cyhalothrin) RN - W6U08B045O (Dimethoate) SB - IM MH - Agriculture MH - China MH - Chlorpyrifos/analysis MH - Chromatography, Gas MH - Dimethoate/analogs & derivatives/analysis MH - *Environmental Monitoring MH - Food Contamination MH - Nitriles/analysis MH - Pesticide Residues/*analysis MH - Pyrethrins/analysis MH - Soil Pollutants/*analysis MH - Vegetables/*chemistry EDAT- 2014/05/30 06:00 MHDA- 2014/12/15 06:00 CRDT- 2014/05/30 06:00 PHST- 2014/01/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/05/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/05/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/05/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/12/15 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s10661-014-3858-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Monit Assess. 2014 Oct;186(10):6341-9. doi: 10.1007/s10661-014-3858-7. Epub 2014 May 29.