A Survey on Pesticide Residues of Commercial Agricultural Products in Gwangju Area
2005
Kim, J.P. (Public Health and Environment Institute of Gwangju, Gwangju, Republic of Korea) | Gang, G.L. (Public Health and Environment Institute of Gwangju, Gwangju, Republic of Korea) | Yang, Y.S. (Public Health and Environment Institute of Gwangju, Gwangju, Republic of Korea) | Lee, H.H. (Public Health and Environment Institute of Gwangju, Gwangju, Republic of Korea) | Chung, J.K. (Public Health and Environment Institute of Gwangju, Gwangju, Republic of Korea) | Kim, E.S. (Public Health and Environment Institute of Gwangju, Gwangju, Republic of Korea)
This survey was conducted to monitor the current status of pesticide residues in agricultural products collected in wholesale markets and big retailers in Gwangju, in 2004. A total of 751 samples was analyzed by multiresidue method. Vegetables and fruits accounted for the largest proportion of the commodities analyzed and those two commodity groups comprised 604 (80%) and 83 (11%) of the total number of 751 samples. Of these 751 samples, 112 samples (14.9%) had pesticide residues and 29 samples (3.9%) had violative residues. The detection rate was the highest 25% in January and the lowest 9.5% in June.
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