PMID- 24958529
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150812
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 23
DP  - 2014 Dec
TI  - Pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables from Pakistan: a review of the 
      occurrence and associated human health risks.
PG  - 13367-93
LID - 10.1007/s11356-014-3117-z [doi]
AB  - The main objective of the review is to document, assess and analyze the results 
      of the previously reported data on levels of different pesticides in selected 
      fruits and vegetables from Pakistan. The findings of the previous studies clearly 
      indicated that more than 50 % of the samples were contaminated with 
      organophosphate, pyrethroids and organochlorine pesticides. Many studies reported 
      that among fresh fruits and vegetables tomato, apple, melon, mango, grapes, and 
      plum crossed the FAO/WHO permissible limits for these contaminants residual 
      levels. The comparison of other regions showed that observed levels were found 
      above maximum residue limits (MRLs) in 50 % of the samples but were in agreement 
      with the studies from neighboring countries like China and Bangladesh. Higher 
      hazard risk index (HRI) values were calculated for dieldrin, methamidophos, 
      o,p'-DDT, diazinon and p,p'-DDT in apple, mango, banana, melon, potato and onion. 
      The review also highlights that data on pesticide residues in foodstuff is scarce 
      which should be overcome by further extending studies from different areas of 
      Pakistan. In order to ascertain the provision of food suitable for human 
      consumption, it is imperative to monitor pesticides in food commodities by the 
      country's authorities and enforce guidelines based on permissible limits.
FAU - Syed, Jabir Hussain
AU  - Syed JH
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of 
      Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510640, China.
FAU - Alamdar, Ambreen
AU  - Alamdar A
FAU - Mohammad, Ashiq
AU  - Mohammad A
FAU - Ahad, Karam
AU  - Ahad K
FAU - Shabir, Zunera
AU  - Shabir Z
FAU - Ahmed, Haroon
AU  - Ahmed H
FAU - Ali, Syeda Maria
AU  - Ali SM
FAU - Sani, Syed Gul Abbas Shah
AU  - Sani SG
FAU - Bokhari, Habib
AU  - Bokhari H
FAU - Gallagher, Kevin D
AU  - Gallagher KD
FAU - Ahmad, Iftikhar
AU  - Ahmad I
FAU - Eqani, Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah
AU  - Eqani SA
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20140625
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticide Residues)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - CIW5S16655 (DDT)
RN  - D4K93Z1TBH (o,p'-DDT)
RN  - I0246D2ZS0 (Dieldrin)
SB  - IM
MH  - DDT/analysis
MH  - Dieldrin/analysis
MH  - Food Contamination/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Fruit/*chemistry
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Solanum lycopersicum
MH  - Pakistan
MH  - *Pesticide Residues
MH  - Pesticides/analysis
MH  - Risk
MH  - Vegetables/*chemistry
EDAT- 2014/06/25 06:00
MHDA- 2015/08/13 06:00
CRDT- 2014/06/25 06:00
PHST- 2013/12/28 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/05/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/06/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/06/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/08/13 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-014-3117-z [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2014 Dec;21(23):13367-93. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-014-3117-z. Epub 2014 Jun 25.