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    S.V.M. Public School AISSCE 2019-20: To Study The Presence of Insecticides and Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables

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    Ishika Agarwal conducted an experiment to test for the presence of insecticides and pesticides in various fruits and vegetables. Samples of apple, banana, carrot, grapes and orange were crushed and extracted with alcohol. The extracts were tested for the presence of nitrogen, which would indicate the presence of insecticides, using sodium fusion followed by reactions with ferrous sulfate and ferric chloride. Positive tests for nitrogen were obtained for all samples, concluding that the fruits and vegetables contained nitrogen-containing pesticide residues.

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    S.V.M.

    PUBLIC SCHOOL
    AISSCE 2019-20

    Chemistry Project File


    To Study the Presence of Insecticides and Pesticides In
    Fruits And Vegetables

    Submitted to: Submitted by:


    Mrs. Sita Gupta Ishika Agarwal
    PGT Chemistry XII – B (Science)
    CERTIFICATE
    It is hereby to certify that the original and genuine investigation
    work has been carried out about the subject matter and the
    related data collection and investigation has been completely
    solely, sincerely and satisfactorily done by Ishika Agarwal of
    Class XII-B S.V.M. Public School Jaipur regarding the project
    titled ‘To Study The Presence of Insecticides and Pesticides
    In Fruits And Vegetables’ in the academic year 2019-20 under
    my supervision and submitted the report of the same for
    AISSCE Practical Examination by CBSE.

    Signature
    Mrs. Sita Gupta
    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    It would be my utmost pleasure to express my sincere thanks to


    my Biology teacher Mrs. Sita Gupta in providing the helping
    hand in this project. Her valuable guidance, support and
    supervision all through this project are responsible for attaining
    its present form.

    I would like to express my gratitude to lab assistant sir and would


    also like to thank my parents for their support and
    encouragement for making this project.

    Ishika Agarwal
    XII – B (Science)
    INDEX

    1. INTRODUCTION
    2. EXPERIMENT
    • AIM
    • MATERIAL REQUIRED
    • PROCEDURE
    • OBSERVATION
    • CONCLUSION
    3. BIBLIOGRAPHY
    INTRODUCTION
    In the past decade there has been a tremendous
    increase in the yields of various crops to meet the
    demand of overgrowing population, achieved by
    using pesticides and insecticides.

    These are the chemicals that are sprayed over crop to


    protect it from pests. For example, DDT, BHC, Zinc
    phosphide, Mercuric chloride, Dinitrophenol, etc. All
    pesticides are poisonous chemicals and are used in
    small quantities with care.

    Pesticides are proven to be effective against variety of


    insects, weeds and fungi and are respectively called
    insecticides, herbicides and fungicides.

    Most of the pesticides are non-biodegradable and


    remain penetrated as such into plants, fruits and
    vegetables.
    From plants they transfer to animals, birds and human
    beings who eat these polluted fruits and vegetables.

    Inside the body they get accumulated and cause


    serious health problems.

    Those days preference is given to biodegradable


    insecticides like Malathion.

    The presence of insecticides residues in even raw


    samples of wheat, fish, meat, butter, etc. have aroused
    the concern of agricultural administrators, scientists
    and health officials all over the world to put a check
    over the use of insecticides and to search for non-
    insecticidal means of pest control.
    EXPERIMENT

    AIM OF THE EXPERIMENT

    To study the presence of insecticides or


    pesticides (nitrogen containing) in various
    fruits and vegetables.
    MATERIAL REQUIRED

    MORTAR AND PESTLE BEAKERS

    FUNNEL GLASS ROD

    FILTER PAPER CHINA DISH


    WATER BATH TRIPOD STAND

    FUSION TEST TUBE TEST TUBE

    KNIFE SAMPLES OF FRUITS


    AND VEGETABLES
    SODIUM METAL ALCOHOL

    FERRIC CHLORIDE FERROUS SULPHATE


    CRYSTAL

    DISTILLED WATER DIL. SULPHURIC ACID


    PROCEDURE
    • Take different types of fruits and vegetables
    and cut them into small pieces separately.
    • Transfer the cut pieces of various of fruits and
    vegetables into it separately and crush them.
    • Take different kinds for each kind of fruits and
    vegetables and place the crushed fruits and
    vegetables in these beakers and add 100 ml of
    alcohol to each of these. Stir well and filter.
    • Collect the filtrate in separate china dishes.
    Evaporate the alcohol by heating the china
    dishes one by one over a water bath and let the
    residue dry in the oven.
    • Heat a small piece of sodium in a fusion tube,
    till it melts.
    • Then add one of the above residues from the
    china dish to this fusion tube and heat it till red
    hot.
    • Drop the hot fusion tube in a china dish
    containing about 10 ml of distilled water.
    • Break the tube and boil the contents of the
    china dish for about 5 minutes. Cool and filter
    the solution.
    • Collect the filtrate. To the filtrate add 1 ml of
    freshly prepared freshly sulphate solution and
    warm the contents.
    • Then add 2-3 drops of ferric chloride solution
    and acidify with dilute HCl
    • If a blue or green ppt. or colouration is
    obtained, it indicates the presence of nitrogen
    containing insecticides.
    • Repeat the test of nitrogen for residues
    obtained from other fruits and vegetables and
    record the observation.
    OBSERVATION

    Test for the Presence of


    Name of the Presence Of Insecticides Or
    S. No. Vegetables Nitrogen Pesticides
    and Fruits (-ve or +ve) Residues

    1. Apple Positive Yes

    2. Banana Positive Yes

    3. Carrot Positive Yes

    4. Grapes Positive Yes

    5. Orange Positive Yes


    CONCLUSION

    Thus, from the above experiment we conclude


    that the fruits and vegetables that we consume
    especially banana, carrot and orange contain
    nitrogen containing insecticides, herbicides and
    pesticides.
    BIBLIOGRAPHY

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