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TABLE 15.2
Pesticide Residues in Blood Serum Samples from Farmers of 14 Different Fruit
and Vegetable Farm Stations in Gadap (Rural Area), Karachi, Pakistan

Station No. Detected Pesticide Concentration (μg/mL)

1 Cypermethrin 0.19-9.13

DDT 0.28-3.70

DDE 0.67-11.39

Diazinon 2.64-5.40

Monocrotophos 2.60-6.00

Deltamethrin 0.41-0.55

2 Cypermethrin 4.20-4.93

DDE 11.4

Monocrotophos 35.40

3 Cypermethrin 7.94

Monocrotophos 9.6

4 Cypermethrin 16.80

5 Cypermethrin 4.47

DDE 4.22

6 No data available

7 Cypermethrin 0.64-17.80

DDT 3.17-4.98

DDE 14.20-39.20

Monocrotophos 11.2

Profenofos 65.50

8 Cypermethrin 8.58-29.40

Monocrotophos 29.70

9 Cypermethrin 17.80

Diazinon 15.80

Monocrotophos 14.2

10 Cypermethrin 32.40-34.00

Deltamethrin 40.00

Monocrotophos 29.60

11 Cypermethrin 0.63-11.32

DDT 11.70

DDE 41.30

12 Cypermethrin 2.37-26.40

Diazinon 28.80

DDT 1.74

13 Cypermethrin 5.20-15.00

Deltamethrin 3.18

Diazinon 6.12

Monocrotophos 1.32

DDT 3.98

DDE 13.70

14 Cypermethrin 2.01-6.03

Monocrotophos 2.52-13.90

DDT 7.30

Source: Adapted from Azmi, M. A., Naqvi, S. N. H., Arshad Azmi, M., and Aslam, M. 2006.

Effect of pesticide residues on health and different enzyme levels in the blood of farm
workers from Gadap (rural area) Karachi, Pakistan. Chemosphere 64: 1739-1744.