Human health risk assessment of pesticide residues in vegetable and fruit samples in Gujarat State, India.
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Human health risk assessment of pesticide residues in vegetable and fruit samples in Gujarat State, India.
P Sivaperumal S Thasale Rupal R Kumar Dhirendra D Mehta Tejal G TG Limbachiya Riddhi R
Heliyon 20221003 10
The present study was initiated with the purpose to evaluate possible health risks associated with pesticide residues through consumption of vegetables and fruits by general population of Gujarat, India. A total of 1075 samples comprising of twelve different varieties of commonly consumed food commodities were collected from twenty-five divergent locations in Gujarat. The collected samples were extracted using QuEChERS method and analyzed for the presence of organophosphorus (OPs), organochlorin ...[more]
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