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Subject: Clothing and Textiles × End date: 2007 × Start date: 2007 ×
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    Effect of washing on the residues of fenvalerate contaminated fabric
    (CCSHAU, 2007) Goswami, Shubha; Punia, Parveen
    Pesticide may pose direct risk to applicator and indirect risk to applications family. Ordinary laundry does not remove the pesticide from clothes. Here an effort has been made to study the effect of washing on contaminated clothes. To achieve the main objectives of the study, a study was conducted in five villages for analyzing washing practices of 50 rural women. Fabric and detergent type, for the study and washing parameters like steeping time, temperature of water and rinsing were decided on the basis of information collected. Different samples were sprayed with two amounts of fenvalerate and washed after 24 hours. Their residues levels were check and compared with the control sample. The residues level were higher in samples washed with simple detergent and samples having single rinsing as compared to samples washed with enzyme containing detergent samples having triple rinsing. The findings of the study highlighted that clothes of terrycot fabric should be used during spray. Enzyme containing detergent should be used for working. Contaminated clothes. These should be steeped atleast for 30 minutes before washing required to rinse at least 3 times with plain water.