PMID- 28948449
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180104
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1573-2959 (Electronic)
IS  - 0167-6369 (Linking)
VI  - 189
IP  - 10
DP  - 2017 Sep 25
TI  - Assessment of pesticide residues in vegetables from the Western Usambara and 
      Uruguru Mountains in Tanzania.
PG  - 519
LID - 10.1007/s10661-017-6226-6 [doi]
AB  - Assessment of levels of pesticide residues in vegetables was carried out in some 
      villages in the Western Usambara and Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania where 
      varieties of vegetables are grown. Tomatoes and cabbages were the most popular 
      enterprise grown all year round and therefore were selected as the model crops 
      for this study. Analysis of the cleaned sample extracts on a gas chromatography 
      with electron capture detector (GC-ECD) and confirmation on the Gas 
      chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) revealed dominance of organochlorine 
      pesticides. Organophosphorous pesticides (parathion and marathion) were only 
      detected in some samples, however, in most cases with higher concentrations 
      compared to organochlorine pesticides. Levels of pesticide residues detected in 
      vegetables were up to: parathion 5.07 mug/Kg, marathion 3.73 mug/Kg, alpha-endosulfan 
      0.32 mug/Kg, beta-endosulfan 0.53 mug/Kg, dieldrin 1.36 mug/Kg, gamma-HCH 0.25 mug/Kg, alpha-HCH 
      0.09 mug/Kg, and p, p'-DDT 0.64 mug/Kg. These results clearly show that vegetables 
      are contaminated with different pesticide residues. However, the total levels of 
      pesticide residues in both tomatoes and cabbages are lower than their respective 
      codex alimentarius maximum residue levels (MRLs). This means that the vegetables 
      produced in the area are suitable for human consumption.
FAU - Mtashobya, Lewis A
AU  - Mtashobya LA
AD  - Mkwawa University College of Education, P.O. Box 2513, Iringa, Tanzania. 
      mtashobya074@yahoo.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170925
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Monit Assess
JT  - Environmental monitoring and assessment
JID - 8508350
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated)
RN  - 0 (Pesticide Residues)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
RN  - 319-84-6 (alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane)
RN  - 59NEE7PCAB (Hexachlorocyclohexane)
RN  - OKA6A6ZD4K (Endosulfan)
SB  - IM
MH  - Chromatography, Gas
MH  - Endosulfan/analysis
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/methods
MH  - Hexachlorocyclohexane
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/analysis
MH  - Solanum lycopersicum
MH  - Pesticide Residues/*analysis
MH  - Pesticides/analysis
MH  - Tanzania
MH  - Vegetables/*chemistry
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - MRL's
OT  - Pesticide residues
OT  - Ulugulu
OT  - Usambara
OT  - Vegetables
EDAT- 2017/09/28 06:00
MHDA- 2018/01/05 06:00
CRDT- 2017/09/27 06:00
PHST- 2017/03/11 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/09/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/09/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/09/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/01/05 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s10661-017-6226-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s10661-017-6226-6 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Environ Monit Assess. 2017 Sep 25;189(10):519. doi: 10.1007/s10661-017-6226-6.