?STUDY OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN NWFP, ISLAMABAD AND BALOCHISTAN FOR ORGANOCHLORINE, ORGANOPHOSPHORUS AND PYRETHROID
Keywords:
Pesticide residues, Gas chromatography, Maximum residue limits.Abstract
Samplesof fruitsandyegetablesprocuredfromthegrowers' fieldsandmainsellingpointsofNorth WestFrontier
Province, Islamabad andQuetta/Pishindistrictsof BalochistanduringDec.1990 andSep. 1992, weremonitoredforor-
ganochlorine, organophosphorus and pyrethroidpesticides.Among the300 samplesscreened, 121 samples contained
a variety of pesticides.Thirty-eight samplescontained pesticideresiduesabove maximum residue limits (MRLs)pro-
posed by FAO/WHO, while for several samples, no MRL was available for detected pesticides but high amounts of
residues were found tobe present in certain commodities.The remainingsamplesdid not contain detectable pesticide
residues.