PMID- 28589271
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180103
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 20
DP  - 2017 Jul
TI  - Surveillance of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables from Accra Metropolis 
      markets, Ghana, 2010-2012: a case study in Sub-Saharan Africa.
PG  - 17187-17205
LID - 10.1007/s11356-017-9287-8 [doi]
AB  - Monitoring of pesticide residues in food commodities of plant origin is part of 
      the regular controls on food to safeguard consumer's health. This study reports 
      for the first time in Ghana a 3-year (2010-2012) monitoring of pesticide 
      contamination of fruits and vegetables and their health implications. A total of 
      3483 samples were purchased in notable markets within Accra Metropolis and 
      analysed for pesticide residues, employing the modified quick, easy, cheap, 
      effective, rugged and safe analytical procedure. The results indicated that 
      almost all the fruits and vegetables studied had residues above maximum residue 
      limits (MRLs). The commodities with the greatest concentrations exceeding the 
      European Union (EU) MRLs were long green beans (60.6%) and lettuce (57.1%) with 
      watermelon (10%) and green pepper (8.6%) having the least. The relative 
      occurrence of the pesticides was fenvalerate 11.3%, fenitrothion 5.6%, 
      lambda-cyhalothrin 3.6%, dimethoate 3.2%, permethrin 2.7% and deltamethrin 2.2%. 
      These results will serve as a baseline on which annual or other long-term studies 
      could be compared with, thus emphasizing the need for continuous monitoring 
      programmes to regulate trends of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables to 
      safeguard the consumers' health.
FAU - Fosu, Paul Osei
AU  - Fosu PO
AD  - Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
AD  - Pesticide Residue Laboratory, Ghana Standards Authority, Accra, Ghana.
FAU - Donkor, Augustine
AU  - Donkor A
AD  - Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana. 
      adonkor@ug.edu.gh.
FAU - Ziwu, Cephas
AU  - Ziwu C
AD  - Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
FAU - Dubey, Brajesh
AU  - Dubey B
AD  - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Management, Indian 
      Institute Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.
FAU - Kingsford-Adaboh, Robert
AU  - Kingsford-Adaboh R
AD  - Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
FAU - Asante, Isaac
AU  - Asante I
AD  - Department of Botany, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
FAU - Nyarko, Stephen
AU  - Nyarko S
AD  - Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
FAU - Tawiah, Rose
AU  - Tawiah R
AD  - Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
FAU - Nazzah, Noble
AU  - Nazzah N
AD  - Department of Chemistry, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170606
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
RN  - 0 (Pesticide Residues)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Food Contamination
MH  - *Fruit
MH  - Ghana
MH  - Pesticide Residues/*analysis
MH  - *Vegetables
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Food commodity
OT  - Ghana
OT  - Monitoring
OT  - Pesticide residue
OT  - Pesticides
EDAT- 2017/06/08 06:00
MHDA- 2018/01/04 06:00
CRDT- 2017/06/08 06:00
PHST- 2016/08/31 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/05/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/06/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/01/04 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/06/08 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-017-9287-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-017-9287-8 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2017 Jul;24(20):17187-17205. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-017-9287-8. Epub 2017 Jun 6.