Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2026, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 769-780.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20250371

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Simultaneous detection and dietary exposure risk assessment of 16 pesticides in mudflat shellfish and mariculture environment

ZHU Jie1,2,3,4(), XU Huibin1,2,3,4, XIANG Linmin5, HU Yuan1,2,3,4, LU Rongmao1,2,3,4, CAI Jingbo1,2,3,4,*()   

  1. 1 Zhejiang Mariculture Research Institute, Wenzhou 325000, Zhejiang, China
    2 Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Coastal Biological Germplasm Resources Conservation and Utilization, Wenzhou 325000, Zhejiang, China
    3 Sino-Thai Joint Laboratory of Marine Science and Technology, Wenzhou 325000, Zhejiang, China
    4 Wenzhou Key Laboratory of Marine Biological Genetics and Breeding, Wenzhou 325000, Zhejiang, China
    5 Wenzhou Quality and Technology Testing Research Institute, Wenzhou 325013, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2025-05-12 Online:2026-04-25 Published:2026-05-08
  • Contact: CAI Jingbo

Abstract:

To clarify the quality and safety status of coastal mudflat mariculture in Zhejiang Province of China, a sensitive analytical method was established for the simultaneous determination of 16 pesticide residues (including organophosphorus, pyrethroid, and macrolide pesticides) in aquatic products and their mariculture environment using dispersive solid-phase extraction coupled with ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Samples were extracted with 2% acetic acid in acetonitrile, and the extracts were purified using QuEChERS extraction salt packets and QuEChERS cleanup tubes prior to instrumental analysis. This method was applied to determine the residual levels of the 16 target pesticides in mudflat shellfish and their mariculture environment from typical mariculture areas in southern Zhejiang during 2024-2025, and a dietary exposure risk assessment was conducted for the detected pesticides. It was shown that the established method exhibited good linearity for all 16 pesticides in the concentration range of 1-50 ng·mL-1, with coefficients of determination (R2) all exceeding 0.995. The recoveries at four spiked levels (4, 10, 20, and 50 μg·kg-1) ranged from 65.21% to 120.00%, with relative standard deviations (RSDs) of 0.24%-11.17%. The limit of quantification (LOQ) of triazophos was 0.1 μg·kg-1 in biological samples, 0.5 μg·kg-1 in sediment samples, and 0.5 μg·L-1 in water samples; for the other 15 target pesticides, the LOQs were 0.2-4.0 μg·kg-1 in biological samples, 0.8-10.0 μg·kg-1 in sediment samples, and 0.8-10.0 μg·L-1 in water samples. By using the established method, triazophos and fenpropathrin residues were detected in shellfish samples, and triazophos residue was detected in sediment samples, while no pesticide residues were found in water samples. The chronic dietary risk of the two detected pesticides ranged from 0.007% to 0.578%, and the acute dietary risk ranged from 0.845% to 51.798%, all below 100%, indicating that the dietary exposure risks were within an acceptable range.

Key words: mudflat shellfish, pesticide residues, mariculture environment, monitor, dietary exposure, risk assessment

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