PMID- 25007773
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150102
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1573-2959 (Electronic)
IS  - 0167-6369 (Linking)
VI  - 186
IP  - 11
DP  - 2014 Nov
TI  - Monitoring of pesticide residues of five notable vegetables at Agbogbloshie 
      market in Accra, Ghana.
PG  - 7157-63
LID - 10.1007/s10661-014-3917-0 [doi]
AB  - The study monitored the concentrations of pesticide residues in vegetables 
      arriving at Agbogbloshie, a central market in the Accra Metropolis from different 
      parts of Ghana and beyond. A total of 810 samples of 5 different vegetables from 
      Central, Volta, Greater Accra, Ashanti, Eastern Regions, and neighboring country 
      (Togo) were collected from January 2009 through to December 2011. In all, 18 % of 
      the samples had no detectable residues, 62 % were below the maximum residue 
      limits (MRLs), and 20 % also exceeded the EU (MRLs) adopted values. Overall, 
      lettuce contained the highest number of residues above their MRLs besides 
      cucumber and cabbage. The pesticide residues were mainly organophosphates and 
      synthetic pyrethroids. The results demonstrate the need for continuous monitoring 
      of pesticide residues in vegetables arriving at the various major markets in 
      Ghana.
FAU - Osei-Fosu, P
AU  - Osei-Fosu P
AD  - Pesticide Residue Laboratory, Ghana Standards Authority, P.O. Box MB 245, Accra, 
      Ghana.
FAU - Donkor, A K
AU  - Donkor AK
FAU - Nyarko, S
AU  - Nyarko S
FAU - Nazzah, N K
AU  - Nazzah NK
FAU - Asante, I K
AU  - Asante IK
FAU - Kingsford-Adabo, R
AU  - Kingsford-Adabo R
FAU - Arkorful, N A
AU  - Arkorful NA
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20140710
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Monit Assess
JT  - Environmental monitoring and assessment
JID - 8508350
RN  - 0 (Pesticide Residues)
RN  - 0 (Pyrethrins)
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Food Contamination/*analysis/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Ghana
MH  - Pesticide Residues/*analysis
MH  - Pyrethrins/analysis
MH  - Vegetables/*chemistry
EDAT- 2014/07/11 06:00
MHDA- 2015/01/03 06:00
CRDT- 2014/07/11 06:00
PHST- 2013/12/23 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/06/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/07/11 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/07/11 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/01/03 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s10661-014-3917-0 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Monit Assess. 2014 Nov;186(11):7157-63. doi: 10.1007/s10661-014-3917-0. 
      Epub 2014 Jul 10.