A study on analysis of Carbofuran 3G residue in five important rabi vegetables of Assam, India

Abstract

The pesticide refers to the chemicals like insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and nematicides. The pesticides are basically used in agriculture for control of insect-pests, diseases and weeds and as vector control agents in public health programme. Pesticides are toxic to human, animals and even to the environment and have both acute and chronic effect on health depending on the quantity of consumption and ways in which a person is exposed. An attempt was made to know the extent of use of Carbofuran 3G chemicals in vegetable cultivation by the farmers and to examine the extent of its residue on vegetables ready for consumption. The purity of the samples was confirmed by HPLC analysis. The result revealed that all the farmers under different groups had used higher dose of Carbofuran 3G in vegetable crop fields. All the vegetables under study were having a higher concentration of Carbofuran 3G residue than the Maximum Residue Level.