Table 9.

Reported concentrations of CM and OP pesticides in different matrices around the world.

Sample Source	Matrices	Concentrations Reported	Analytical Method	References
Martinique Island in the French West Indies	sediments water	44 µg/kg (chlordecone) 0.083 µg/L (aldicarb sulfone)	HPLC	[85]
Pakistan, Indus River	sediments	0.069 ± 0.0023 μg/g WW (carbofuran)	HPLC	[89]
northwest Bangladesh	water sediments	chlorpyrifos 9.1 μg/L 51 μg/kg	GC–MS	[84]
Shanghai China	leafy vegetables	22.20 μg/kg	GC/FTD	[87]
North America	water	9000 μg/L		[86]
Capot River in France	water	0.043 and 0.052 μg/L	HPLC	[85]
Galion River in France		0.083 and 0.032 μg/L
Mekong Delta, Vietnam	surface water soils and sediments	(fenobucarb) 0.11 μg/L 1.7 and 4.3 μg/kg		[90]
Botswana (Africa)	cabbage	methamidophos  0.0262 mg/kg Methomyl 0.0140 mg/kg	LC–MS/MS	[91]
Lagos, Nigeria	sorghum and beans fruits and vegetables	Dichlorvos 2.00 ng/g Chlorpyrifos 0.002 and 60 ng/g Methiocarb 30 ng/g and 70 ng/g	GC–MS	[92]
Ejura, Ghana	maize cowpea	organophosphates 0.002–0.019 mg/kg 0.002–0.015 mg/kg	GC–ECD GC–PFPD	[88]
Zhejiang, China	soil	Parathion 43.3 ng/g	GC–MS	[93]
Lebanon	ground water drinking water ground water surface water rain water	diazinon 4.2 ng/L 2.2 ng/L 7.49 ng/L 15.8 ng/L	GC–MS	[94]
Indus River, Punjab, Pakistan,	channa Marulius muscles sediments	carbofuran 0.613–0.946 μg/g 0.069–0.081 μg/g	HPLC	[89]
Jamaica	maternal urine samples	diethylphosphate 29.0 μg/L	GC–MS	[95]
Shanghai, China	Fuji apples	carbaryl 0.5 μg/g	GC–MS	[96]
Bangladesh	water	diazinon 0.9 μg/L carbofuran 198.7 μg/L	HPLC	[97]
India (Western Ghats)	fejervarya limnocharis	carbaryl 50 µg/L malathion 500 µg/L	HPLC	[98]
Hungary	water	10–100 ng/L	GC–MS HPLC	[99]
South Litani region in South Lebanon	ground water	pirimiphos-methyl 300.87 ng/L	GC–MS	[100]
KwaZulu–Natal (Ubombo and Ingwavuma districts)	sediment water sediment water sediment water	carbaryl 0.0010 μg/Kg 0.30 μg/L carbofuran 800 × 10−6 μg/Kg 250 × 10−3 μg/L carbosulfan 300 × 10−6 μg/kg 80 × 10−3 μg/L	GC–NPD GC–FID	[83]