Vegetables test for pesticides

goodvin

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Hi.

I would like to show test results for pesticides for some vegetable from dominican shops.

I want to ask someone who knows about norms, analyze it, because it is important.

If you need original test, I can provide them.
Results:

Zanahoria

y-BHC - 0.94 μg/mL
β-BHC - 0.63 μg/mL
Heptaclor - 0.74 μg/mL
δ- BHC - 1.46 μg/mL
α-Clordano - 1.66 μg/mL
Endosulfan I - 1.55 μg/mL
Endrin - 0.55 μg/mL
Metoxiclor - 0.48 μg/mL
Endrin ketone - 0.45 μg/mL
Ethopofos - 0.31 μg/mL
Clorpirifos - 1.52 μg/mL
Gution - 1.83 μg/mL

Pi?a

y-BHC - 0.52 μg/mL
β-BHC - 0.40 μg/mL
Heptaclor - 0.91 μg/mL
δ- BHC - 1.24 μg/mL
y-Clordano - 0.54 μg/mL
4,4 DDE - 0.41 μg/mL
4,4 DDD - 0.53 μg/mL
Disulfoton - 0.50 μg/mL
Methyl paration - 0.35 μg/mL
Clorpirifos - 1.45 μg/mL
Protiofos - 1.62 μg/mL

Pepino

y-BHC - 0.81 μg/mL
y-Clordano - 2.08 μg/mL
α-Clordano - 0.25 μg/mL
Endosulfan I - 0.14 μg/mL
Etoprofos - 1.00 μg/mL
Disulfoton - 0.51 μg/mL
Protiofos - 1.37 μg/mL

Papa

y-Clordano - 0.70 μg/mL
Endosulfan I - 0.1 μg/mL
4,4 DDD - 0.15 μg/mL
Gution - 2.51 μg/mL

If you know some one who can help to determine if those amounts are dangerous or not, please ask him/her.

Thanks.
 
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Hillbilly

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I wonder, since the three are usually peeled, whether this is important or not. I suppose it should be looked into, since most (or a lot) of us know that DR ag techniques are not the most modern and third world couintries are used to dump out of date, prohibited or untested crop chemicals...

Sh!t, I have seen Haitians dumping really toxic poisons into irrigation canals and then scooping up the fish...and, of course, cooking them up...

Good luck with this...

HB