Table 2.
Vegetables | Fruits | ||||||||||||||
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Pesticide | Cabbage | Cameroon Pepper | Green Pepper | Chili pepper | Carrot | Lettuce | Tomato | Scotch Bonnet | Mean | Water melon | Cucumber | Mean | LOD | LOQ | Recovery (%) |
Aldrin | 1.07 | 1.96 | 1.94 | 1.96 | 1.22 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 1.58 ± 0.51 | 1.92 | <0.3 | 1.11 ± 1.15 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 109 |
Alpha-BHC | <0.5 | 0.82 | 0.73 | 0.67 | 0.58 | 0.82 | <0.5 | 0.71 | 0.67 ± 0.13 | 0.7 | <0.5 | 0.6 ± 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.5 | 85.7 |
Beta-BHC | 1.64 | 1.8 | 1.72 | 1.78 | 0.86 | 1.75 | 1.66 | 1.76 | 1.62 ± 0.31 | 1.8 | <0.75 | 1.28 ± 0.74 | 0.2 | 0.75 | 96.1 |
Chlorothalonil | <0.2 | <0.2 | <0.2 | <0.2 | <0.2 | <0.2 | <0.2 | <0.2 | 0.2 ± 0.0 | <0.2 | 0.34 | 0.27 ± 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.2 | 75.1 |
Delta-BHC | <0.03 | <0.03 | <0.03 | <0.03 | <0.03 | <0.03 | <0.03 | <0.03 | 0.03 ± 0.0 | <0.03 | <0.03 | 0.03 ± 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 107 |
Dieldrin | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0<.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.1 ± 0.0 | 0.04 | 0.1 | 93.4 |
Endosulfan I | 0.17 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.29 | <0.09 | 0.28 | 0.16 | 0.29 | 0.23 ± 0.08 | 0.29 | <0.09 | 0.19 ± 0.14 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 96.5 |
Heptachlor | 0.57 | <0.3 | <0.3 | <0.3 | <0.3 | <0.3 | <0.03 | <0.3 | 0.3 ± 0.14 | <0.3 | 0.73 | 0.52 ± 0.30 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 82.3 |
Heptachlor-epoxide (B) | <0.50 | 0.58 | <0.5 | 0.58 | <0.50 | <0.50 | <0.50 | <0.50 | 0.52 ± 0.04 | 0.56 | <0.50 | 0.53 ± 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.5 | 87.5 |
Lindane | 0.22 | 0.23 | <0.2 | 0.21 | <0.2 | <0.2 | <0.2 | <0.2 | 0.21 ± 0.01 | <0.2 | <0.2 | 0.2 ± 0.0 | 0.07 | 0.2 | 98.7 |
p,p'-DDD | <0.25 | 0.38 | <0.25 | 0.38 | <0.25 | 0.26 | <0.25 | 0.29 | 0.29 ± 0.06 | 0.37 | <0.25 | 0.31 ± 0.08 | 0.1 | 0.25 | 91.2 |
p,p'-DDE | 86.1 | 123 | 11.9 | 123 | 115 | 119 | 10.2 | 119 | 88.5 ± 49.2 | 123 | 41.7 | 82.4 ± 57.5 | 0.15 | 0.5 | 78.4 |
p,p'-DDT | <0.3 | 0.49 | <0.3 | <0.3 | <0.3 | <0.3 | <0.3 | <0.3 | 0.32 ± 0.07 | <0.3 | <0.3 | 0.3 ± 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 91.2 |
Sum | 91.7 | 130 | 18.4 | 131 | 120 | 126 | 14.8 | 126 | 94.6 | 130 | 45.8 | 87.8 |