Gc-ms Determination Of Selected Organochlorine Pesticides Residue In Some Vegetable Grown In Gwagwalada Area

ABSTRACT   The determination of some selected organochlorine pesticide residues in some vegetables grown within Gwagwalada Area Council were carried out using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometric Technique (GC/MS). Lindane, Dieldrin, Endosulfan and Heptachlor were determined in Telfairia occidentalis, Amaranthus hybridus and Talinum triangulare obtained from some locations within Gwgwalada Area Council between the months of May and June, 2015. The pesticides were extracted by the method of EU CEN 15662 QuEchERS (quick, easy, cheap, rugged and safe). Recovery studies of Lindane and Dieldrin w…