Pesticide Residues and Associated Public Health Risks in Vegetables from Irrigated Farms Adjacent to Rift Valley Lake Ziway, Ethiopia

Table 1

Method validation parameter results in vegetable residue analysis.

Pesticides	%Recovery	%RSD	Linearity ()	LOD (µg/kg)	LOQ (µg/kg)
Aldrin	101.2	11.6	0.9952	0.008	0.025
Alpha-BHC	89.0	1.53	0.9986	0.005	0.014
Alpha-endosulfan	100.5	2.7	0.9978	0.006	0.019
Bendiocarb	98.2	6.73	0.9945	0.018	0.053
Beta-BHC	112.8	1.63	0.999	0.004	0.011
Beta-endosulfan	104.4	11.2	0.9972	0.006	0.017
Bromophos-ethyl	89.4	5.31	0.9981	0.002	0.006
Chlordane	106.3	1.92	0.9977	0.006	0.017
Chlorpyrifos-methyl	85.3	5.59	0.9987	0.002	0.005
Cyfluthrin	80.6	3.14	0.9982	0.005	0.015
Cypermethrin (zeta)	96.4	4.13	0.9927	0.018	0.0562
p,p′-DDD	106.3	11.2	0.9954	0.008	0.245
p,p′-DDE	75.8	10.23	0.9961	0.008	0.025
p,p′-DDT	97.6	6.73	0.9937	0.009	0.029
Dieldrin	92.0	6.65	0.9977	0.009	0.02812
Diazinon	94.3	4.49	0.998	0.003	0.009
Dichlobenil	91.2	4.13	0.9972	0.004	0.011
Endrin	100.4	3.41	0.9995	0.006	0.01945
Ethion	94.7	5.96	0.9962	0.003	0.008
Famphur	101.1	2.11	0.9989	0.002	0.006
Fenitrothion	110.9	5.76	0.9982	0.003	0.009
Fenthion	104.2	5.12	0.9987	0.002	0.006
Heptachlor	80.6	10.26	0.9978	0.006	0.017
Heptachlor epoxide	108.9	6.97	0.9983	0.005	0.015
Hexachlorobenzene	80.2	10.62	0.9906	0.006	0.018
Indoxacarb	94.7	14.64	0.9969	0.004	0.012
Lindane	106.2	9.45	0.9966	0.014	0.04159
Malathion	104.8	4.48	0.9974	0.013	0.03799
Methoxychlor	103.2	8.26	0.9969	0.005	0.016
Parathion	97.7	10.3	0.996	0.004	0.013
Piperonyl butoxide	95.9	8.24	0.9963	0.007	0.02203
Profenofos	91.7	8.44	0.9991	0.002	0.006
Propargite	83.7	6.38	0.9963	0.007	0.02203
Propoxur	93.1	8.42	0.9987	0.002	0.007
Thionazin	76.9	13.83	0.9957	0.004	0.013

Values in bold indicate the lower and the upper recovery.