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Monitoring of pesticide residues in vegetarian diet

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment volume 151, pages 19–26 (2009)Cite this article

Abstract

Samples (28) of complete vegetarian diet consumed from morning till night i.e. tea, milk, breakfast, lunch, snacks, dinner, sweet dish etc. were collected from homes, hostels and hotels periodically from Hisar and analysed for detecting the residues of organochlorine, synthetic pyrethriod, organophosphate and carbamate insecticides. The estimation was carried out by using multi-residue analytical technique employing gas chromatograph (GC)–electron capture detector and GC–nitrogen phosphorous detector systems equipped with capillary columns. The whole diet sample was macerated in a mixer grinder and a representative sample in duplicate was analyzed for residues keeping the average daily diet of an adult to be 1,300 g. On comparing the data, it was found that actual daily intake (microgram/person/day) of lindane in two and endosulfan in four samples exceeded the acceptable daily intake. Residues of other pesticides in all the diet samples were lower than the acceptable daily intake (ADI) of the respective pesticides. The study concluded that although all the diet samples were found contaminated with one or the other pesticide, the actual daily intake of only a few pesticides was higher than their respective ADI. More extensive study covering other localities of Haryana has been suggested to know the overall scenario of contamination of vegetarian diet.

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  1. Department of Entomology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar,, 125 004, Haryana, India

    T. S. Kathpal & Beena Kumari

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Kathpal, T.S., Kumari, B. Monitoring of pesticide residues in vegetarian diet. Environ Monit Assess 151, 19–26 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0210-0

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Keywords

  • Monitoring
  • Dietary intake
  • Residues
  • Vegetarian diet
  • Acceptable daily intake
  • Actual daily intake