DETERMINATION OF PYRETHROID AND HERBICIDE PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN THE BLOOD OF SELECTED FARMERS FROM OKIN APA, SURULERE LGA
Abstract
The use of pesticide in ensuring food security is a necessity when the increasing world population is put into contribution. Agro-chemicals, being biologically active compounds are used for crop protection with the aim of providing food to feed the fast-growing population. The residues of these pesticides in the environment is of serious concern. Hence, this study is aimed at determining the levels of some pesticides in blood samples of selected farmers from Surulere Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria.
Population of this study is comprise of the farmers in Surulere Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State, using purposive sampling system. A total of twenty-five respondents were randomly selected after open invitation to farmers in the area. Blood samples were collected after ethical approval from Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso. Samples were extracted, cleaned up and subjected to pesticide residue analysis using GC-MS.
Results from the study revealed some levels of pyrethroid residues in farmers’ blood although below ADI and NOEAL. Recommendations were made to ameliorate the menace.
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