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. 2022 Jun 13;17(6):e0269789. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269789

Table 3. Concentration (mg/kg), detection frequency (%), and frequency of samples that contained pesticide exceeding the MRL (%) of each studied pesticide in vegetables collected in Thua Thien Hue and Quang Binh provinces.

Pesticides TT Hue (n = 162) Quang Binh Province (n = 128) Total (n = 290)
Detection frequency (%) Median ± MAD (a)
(mg/kg)
Min—Max (mg/kg) Samples > MRL (%) (b) Detection frequency (%) Median ± MAD (a)
(mg/kg)
Min—Max (mg/kg) Samples > MRL (%) (b) Detection frequency (%) Median ± MAD (a)
(mg/kg)
Min—Max (mg/kg) Samples > MRL (%) (b)
Fenobucarb 36.4 0.004 ± 0.001 < LOD– 0.141 6.2 36.7 0.011 ± 0.004 < LOD -0.083 22.7 36.6 0.008 ± 0.005 < LOD– 0.141 13.4
Acetocrhlo 11.7 0.004 ± 0.001 < LOD– 1.716 2.5 14.1 0.022 ± 0.013 < LOD– 0.653 11.7 12.8 0.010 ± 0.006 < LOD– 1.716 6.6
Fipronil 42.6 0.023 ± 0.018 < LOD– 3.710 24.1 10.2 0.009 ± 0.006 < LOD– 1.295 2.3 28.3 0.021 ± 0.017 < LOD– 3.710 14.5
Pretilachlor 12.3 0.017 ± 0.012 < LOD– 0.110 8.6 17.2 0.019 ± 0.009 < LOD– 1.013 14.1 14.5 0.017 ± 0.008 < LOD– 1.013 11.0
Fluzifop-p-butyl 12.3 0.006 ± 0.003 < LOD– 0.054 3.1 2.3 0.007 ±0.0008 < LOD– 0.008 0.0 7.9 0.007 ± 0.003 < LOD– 0.054 1.7
Isoprothiolane 6.2 0.010 ± 0.006 < LOD– 0.029 3.1 4.7 0.008 ± 0.005 < LOD– 0.491 2.3 5.5 0.010 ± 0.007 < LOD– 0.491 2.8
Trifloxystrobin 21 0.007 ± 0.004 < LOD– 0.593 1.9 0 - - 0 11.7 0.007 ± 0.004 < LOD– 0.593 1.0
Tebbuconazole 22.2 0.019 ± 0.015 < LOD– 3.594 0.6 2.3 0.012 ± 0.002 < LOD– 0.013 0 13.4 0.014 ± 0.010 < LOD—3.594 0.3
Cypermethrin 79.6 0.040 ± 0.024 < LOD– 11.860 7.4 62.5 0.033 ± 0.021 < LOD– 30.295 6.3 72.1 0.037 ± 0.024 < LOD– 30.295 6.9
Difenoconazole 60.5 0.011± 0.006 < LOD– 4.371 0.6 23.4 0.020 ± 0.014 < LOD– 15.443 0.8 44.1 0.017 ± 0.007 < LOD– 15.443 0.7

(a) MAD—Median absolute deviation

(b) Percentage of samples that contained pesticide exceeding the MRL