Abstract
The study was conducted on 07 vegetable samples collected from the near vicinity of Meerut district, under Western Uttar Pradesh, where variable kinds of vegetables are grown. The results indicate that the contents of OCPs range varied from ND to 3.80 ig/kg and the pollution among the samples is classified as a low level in comparison with other investigations. Among the samples, organo-chlorine pesticides like â-BHC varied from ND to3.68 (ig/kg) and it was maximum detected in radish collected from Jalalpur village followed by in brinjal from Senni village. Heptachlor epoxide found in two vegetable samples in ranged from ND to 3.80 (ig/kg) and observed in radish from Jalalpur (3.80ig/kg) and okra collected from Lawar (1.20ig/kg). Endosulphan I (2.46 ig/kg) and endrin (1.40 ig/kg) found only in one sample of radish which was collected from Jalalpur. However, Aldrin, heptachlore, fipronil, a-BHC, 4,4 DDT and 4,4 DDE not found in samples. Among all the vegetable samples, redish collected from the Jalalpur village was not found suitable for human consumption due to more accumulation of organo-chlorine pesticides.
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