MONITORING OF DITHIOCARBAMATE (EBDC) RESIDUES IN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES THROUGHOUT 1995-1999 AND ESTIMATION OF THEIR DAILY INTAKES IN EGYPT | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research | ||
| Article 5, Volume 80, Issue 2, July 2002, Pages 583-596 PDF (4.31 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2002.306541 | ||
| Author | ||
| SOHAIR A. G. AHMED | ||
| Central Laboratory of Residue Analysis of Pesticides and Heavy Metals in Food, Agricultural Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A total of 1414 samples of common commodities were collected from eight Egyptian local markets located in 6 Governorates throughout 1995-1999. The results showed that 89.1% of the samples had no detectable dithiocarbamate residues. 10.9% contained detectable residues from which 0.28% exceeded their MRL's. The effect of home processing on EBDC residues detected on and in treated samples of tomato, cucumber and eggplant was also studied. The data demonstrated that cooking of unseived tomato juice from washed raw tomatoes is the most effective process; since it removed 77.8% of the detected EBDC residues. Peeling after washing cucumber was the most effective process in removing EBDC because it removed almost all residues. Frying of peeled-washed eggplant is expected to reduce most of EBDC residues. Daily intake of dithiocabamates was also studied considering the results of monitoring of pesticides residues in different fruits and vegetables. The obtained results revealed that the estimated daily intake (EDIs) for EBDC 's resulting from vegetables, cooked vegetables and fruits was 1.44ug / person / day representing 4.8 % of its ADI. | ||
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