Research highlights

About 93% of the eggplant and cent percent of the tomato and chilli samples were contaminated with pesticide residues.

The concentration of pesticides such as triazophos, omethoate, chlorpyrifos and carbendazim in some vegetable samples exceeded the EU MRLs.
Up to 7 different pesticides were detected in individual sample.
Potential health risks was due to chlorpyrifos and triazophos residues in tomato.
The vegetable samples from IPM fields had lower concentration of pesticides, indicating that the IPM technique would reduce the pesticides contamination and associated health risks.
Full length articles on vegetables and fruits:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.03.002
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.110526