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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ingenbleek L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6694844 | biostudies-other | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Food chemistry: X 20190523
In the framework of the first regional Total Diet Study in Sub-Saharan Africa, 3696 foodstuffs, commonly consumed in Benin, Cameroon, Mali and Nigeria were purchased, prepared as consumed and pooled into 308 composite samples. Those core foods were tested for up to 470 pesticides residues by liquid and gas chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. 39 pesticides were detected with 294 total occurrences, including 47.3% organophosphate pesticides and 35.7% pyrethroids. More specificall ...[more]