Residue Pesticides (Pyrethroid Group) in Vegetable and Their Health Risk Assessment via Digestion on Consumers in Ha Nam Province, Vietnam

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 505; no. 1; pp. 12052 - 12060
• Main Authors: Huong, D T V, Nga, T T H, Ha, D T T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.07.2020
• Subjects: Cyhalothrin; Cypermethrin; Deltamethrin; Digestion; Farms; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Horticulture; Households; Insecticides; Insects; Mustard; Permethrin; Pesticide residues; Pesticides; Pyrethroids; Residues; Risk assessment; Vegetables; Veterinary medicine; Vietnam
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/505/1/012052

Pyrethroid group are insecticides recommended for protection against insects by governed organization such as World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU). They are widely used in agriculture, households, forestry, horticulture, medicine and veterinary medicine. In Vietnam, these pesticides were used with huge amount in crops, especially in vegetable. The residues of λ- cyhalothrin, permethrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin in four vegetable head mustard, leaf mustard, choy sum, bok choy were detected by GC/MS technique. 84 samples of four leafy vegetable in Brassicaceae family were colleted from seven places (farms, stores, markets) in Ha Nam Province. The levels of λ- cyhalothrin in three samples, cypermethrin in four samples, deltamethrin in four samples were above the maximum residue limit of Vietnam Government. There were no significant of health risk by these pesticides via digestion vegetable but the risk for kid was higher than for adult. Their health risk on cosumers using these vegetable were evaluated.