Health risks due to consumption of pesticides in ready-to-eat vegetables (salads) in Kumasi, Ghana

Food Safety and Risk

Table 2 Concentration of pesticide residues in ready-to-eat vegetables (mgkg⁻¹)

LOCATION	Sample ID	Bifen thrin	Chlor pyrifos	Cyperm ethrin	Deltam ethrin	Diazinon	Fenva lerate	Lambda- cyhalothrin	Perme thrin
Knust(farm)	RVS 1	BDL	0.048	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.010	*0.460*
Atonso	RVS 2	0.090	0.034	0.070	BDL	BDL	0.004	0.050	BDL
Chipatre	RVS 3	BDL	0.049	BDL	BDL	*0.179*	0.001	0.020	BDL
Tanoso	RVS 4	0.320	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.003	0.040	BDL
Ayigya	RVS 5	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.001	0.110	BDL
Kejetia	RVS 6	0.007	BDL	0.002	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.020	BDL
Santasi	RVS 7	BDL	0.050	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.002	0.070	BDL
Kwadaso	RVS 8	0.030	BDL	BDL	0.001	BDL	0.011	0.050	0.040
Airport R	RVS 9	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.002	BDL	0.002	0.040	BDL
Fante	RVS 10	0.010	0.050	BDL	0.003	*0.128*	0.008	0.060	BDL
Adum	RVS 11	BDL	0.040	BDL	BDL	*0.066*	*0.050*	0.010	BDL
Suame	RVS 12	BDL	*0.089*	BDL	0.004	BDL	0.010	0.030	BDL
Aboabo	RVS 13	BDL	*0.090*	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.006	0.060	BDL
Knust	RVS 14	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.005	0.130	0.002
Asafo	RVS 15	BDL	0.038	BDL	*0.021*	*0.184*	0.006	0.010	BDL
Bantama	RVS 16	0.080	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.004	BDL
MRL		1	0.05	1	0.1	0.01	0.02	0.2	0.05

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