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Soil Quality, Pesticide Residue Limits (TCVN 5941, 1995)

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SOIL QUALITY:
MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE LIMITS
OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN THE SOIL
TCVN 5941-1995

1. Scope

1.1 This standard specifies maximum allowable concentrations of pesticides in soil.

In this standard, Pesticide means: herbicide, fungicide, insecticide as specified by Ministry of the Agriculture and Foods industry in List of pesticides permitted to use in Vietnam.

1.2 This standard is applied to control and to evaluation of pesticide contaminant level in soil.

2. Limitation Values

Names and maximum allowable concentrations of pesticides in soil are shown in the table 1.

Table 1
Pesticide Residue in Soil: Maximum Allowable Concentrations (MAC)

Nº	Common and Trade Names	Chemical Formula	Use	MAC (mg/kg)
1	Atrazine	C₈H₁₄ClN₅	Herbicide	0,2
2	2,4 - D	C₈H₆Cl₂O₃	Herbicide	0,2
3	Dalapon	C₃H₄Cl₂O₂	Herbicide	0,2
4	MPCA	C₉H₉ClO₃	Herbicide	0,2
5	Sofit	C₁₇H₂₆ClNO₂	Herbicide	0,5
6	Fenoxaprop-ethyl (Whip S)	C₁₆H₁₂ClNO₅	Herbicide	0,5
7	Simazine	C₇H₁₂ClN₅	Herbicide	0,2
8	Cypermethrin	C₂₂H₁₉Cl₂NO₃	Herbicide	0,5
9	Saturn (Benthiocarb)	C₁₂H₁₆ClNOS	Herbicide	0,5
10	Dual (Metolachlor)	C₁₅H₂₂ClNO₂	Herbicide	0,5
11	Fuji - One	C₁₂H₁₈O₄S₂	Fungicide	0,1
12	Fenvalerate	C₂₅H₂₂ClNO₃	Insecticide	0,1
13	Lindane	C₆H₆Cl₆	Insecticide	0,1
14	Monitor (Methamidophos)	C₂H₈NO₂PS	Insecticide	0,1
15	Monocrotophos	C₇H₁₄NO₅P	Insecticide	0,1
16	Dimethoate	C₅H₁₂NO₃PS₂	Insecticide	0,1
17	Methyl Parathion	C₈H₁₀NO₅PS	Insecticide	0,1
18	Triclofon (Clorophos)	C₄H₈Cl₃O₄P	Insecticide	0,1
19	Padan	C₇H₁₆N₃O₂S₂	Insecticide	0,1
20	Diazinone	C₁₂H₂₁N₂O₃PS	Insecticide	0,1
21	Fenobucarb (Bassa)	C₁₂H₁₇NO₂	Insecticide	0,1
22	DDT		Insecticide	0,1

Note: Sampling of arable soil for determination of pesticide contaminant level should be taken just after the harvest.

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Acknowledgement: Text courtesy of NEA Policy Division, MOSTE.

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