Innovative Pesticide Kit Model for Vegetable Farm Safety Surveillance Program

Abstract

To develop 4-groups innovative pesticide test kit and vegetable farm safety surveillance program, the quasai study was performed in intervention klongtabak and control ta-ngoy village groups, Nakhonratchasima province. 62 Chinese kale samples were screened for pesticide residues using innovative test kit and confirmed by GLC/HPLC. Percent acetyl cholinesterase inhibition was measured in vegetable samples, containing anti-cholinesterase pesticide residues, using spectrophotometer. Pre-intervention analysis, two detected chlorpyrifos (>MRL) in control group, two detected cypermethrin (<MRL) and one detected <MRLs methomyl, carbofuran and carbofuran-3-OH in study group. No pesticides were detected in both groups at post-intervention. Self-test was trained to agriculturists, 92% accuracy competence results was acceptable at post-laboratory kit test training. Small farm land pesticide safety manual was used to educate agriculturists and %enzyme inhibition measurement at post-intervention period, compared with pre-intervention period was decreased 51.9% at p-value <0.011, reveal that intervention program affect reduction of pesticide inhibition at 0.05% significance level.