An Investigation of Pesticide Residues in Agricultural Corps of Kermanshah, Iran



Majlesi M¹ ; Massoudinejad M² ; Mirazei N^{3, 4} ; Hosainzadeh F¹
Source: International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology Published:2016

Abstract

Present work is addressed an investigation of residual pesticides in agricultural corps of Kermanshah, Iran. The residual concentration of Phosalone and Chlorpyrifos in vegetarians' products including cucumber, tomato, lettuce, cabbage and spinach were survived. High level of Phosalone for cucumber, spinach, tomato and lettuce were determined from the both two location. At among, higher concentration of Phosalone was obtained for cucumber and spinach equal 28±3.5 and 18±2.2 μg/kg, respectively. The average Phosalone for tomato and lettuce was 11.4±1.7 and 13±1.6 μg/kg, respectively. During second phase and tracking the Chlorpyrifos, a higher amounts concentarion of pesticide were found in spinach, cucumber and tomato. For Miandarband location, cucumber significantly was high containing Chlorpyrifos (88.6±7.5 μg/kg with p-value 0.012). The results recommended that the some parameters including the pesticide dose, frequency and lack of spraying awareness can affected to undesirable amount of pesticide. © 2016, International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. All rights reserved.