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) | |||||||||
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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