Insight of Intrinsic Health Risk from Chemical Profiles in Some Insecticides for Grain Foodstuff Storage in Benue State, Nigeria

It is imperative to devise proper control measures for the use of pesticides for good agricultural practices such as appropriate application, detection, and elimination methods for pesticides on foodstuffs. These control measures are required for attainment of food security goals. To attain food security goals, with cautious control measures, the chemical profiles of each particular insecticide commonly use in a particular locality are to be reviewed. This could pave way for precise precautionary measures to eliminate the known toxic substances without missing little in foodstuff before consumption. This research team has reviewed that, three insecticides of Aluminium phosphide, Dichlovos and Permethrin are commonly used insecticides for foodstuff storage in Benue State. Hence the chemical profile of these three insecticides was analysed using Gas-Chromatography couple Mass Spectrophotometer (GC-MS) and X-Ray fluorescence (XRF). The cogent information on the chemical profiles in those insecticide brands used amongst farmers and dealers for storage of foodstuff was revealed. These three brands of insecticides contained different chemicals; Aluminium phosphide 26 minerals and 25 oxides, Dichlovos contains 60 compounds and Permethrin contains 20compounds. The result was here by presented and discussed, highlighting intrinsic health risk from chemical insecticide application on foodstuffs. When the chemical profiles of the insecticides are known, elimination of the toxic substance from the foodstuff could be an easy task by taking precautionary measures specific for such specific contaminant’s removal techniques.