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| Language: | English |
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Zenodo
2024
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14770004 |
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- <p>Fresh salad vegetables have become a convenient part of daily diet of people nowadays because of their nutritional enrichment. Although raw vegetables are compact source of high nutritional values, these vegetables are sometimes detrimental to human health because of being potential route of human exposure to pesticide contaminants. This study is focused on the prevalence of pesticide contaminants in daily consuming common salad vegetables. The study was conducted to observe six pesticides residue (Cypermethrin, Mancozeb, Malathion, Rovral, Imazalil, Endrin) using gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in five types of raw consuming vegetables that are sold in the local markets of Rajshahi City. The findings suggest that almost all the vegetables of three markets were contamination free. The residual level of all six targeted pesticides had not been detected. Thus, this study suggests that the application of pesticides in the fields of Rajshahi City is within safe limit.</p>