• Kranti Ozarkar
• Trishala More
• Jayashree Damse
• Shikha Singh

Vegetables and fruits are integral part of daily diet of man. It is a known fact that commercially available vegetables and fruits are usually sprayed with pesticides. If these fruits and vegetables are consumed without proper processing, they may lead to bioaccumulation. The current study aims to identify the presence of pesticides like Cypermethrin and Carbendazim on commonly consumed vegetables and fruits. An attempt was also made to find out some household methods which can be implemented to eradicate these pesticides from the vegetables and fruits. A comparative study was designed to identify Cypermethrin and Carbendazim from two vegetables viz. marketed and organic varieties of ridge guard (Luffa acutangula) and smooth guard (Luffa aegyptiaca). In fruits, grapes were selected as they are known to be sprayed with these pesticides. The extracts of the peels and flesh of these vegetables and fruits were analyzed by TLC method for the presence Cypermethrin and Carbendazim and their presence was confirmed by IR spectra. In another study, salad vegetables were treated with different concentrations of Cypermethrin and Carbendazim. They were then washed with house hold methods like RO water, vinegar water and alum water. These washing were analyzed for the presence pesticides by TLC method. It was observed that house hold methods like RO water, vinegar water and alum water are effective in the removal traces of pesticides from the surface of the vegetables and fruits.

Pesticides, Cypermethrin, Carbendazim, vegetables, fruit, TLC, IR spectra, RO water, vinegar water, alum water

"IDENTIFICATION OF PESTICIDES AND USE OF HOUSEHOLD METHODS TO ERADICATE THE PESTICIDES FROM VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.428-430, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904K61.pdf

"IDENTIFICATION OF PESTICIDES AND USE OF HOUSEHOLD METHODS TO ERADICATE THE PESTICIDES FROM VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp428-430, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904K61.pdf