Analysis of toxic effect of pesticides on vegetables
Sadhna Goyal
Department of Chemistry, Govt. M.L.B. Girls P.G. Autonomous College, Bhopal-462008 (India) Email id- shalu2505@yahoo.co.in
ABSTRACT
Pesticides are synthetic chemical used for pest control. Pesticide is the general term for insecticides, rodenticides, molluscides, herbicides, fungicides. At present there are more than 10,000 different pesticides. Accumulation of these pesticides in vital organs such as livers, kidney, lungs and blood causes histopathological changes and carcinogenic mutagenic and teratogenic effects. The present study was aimed to determine the amount of toxic pesticides in spinach and cabbage leaf of Bhopal city. We have used pH meter, spectrophotometer and chromatographic methods. Pesticides effect man, animals, plants and soil.