Removal of residual pesticide, fenitrothion, in vegetables by using ozone microbubbles generated by different methods

The effects of ozone microbubbles (OMB) generated by different methods on removal of residual fenitrothion (FT) in three kinds of vegetables were examined. FT-infiltrated lettuce, cherry tomatoes and strawberries were immersed in solutions containing OMB generated by using a microbubble generator of a decompression-type or a gas–water circulating-type combined with an ozone generator at an initial OMB concentration of 2.0 ppm for 0, 5 or 10 min. Residual FT in each vegetable was removed more efficiently by the OMB treatments with the decompression type than with the gas–water circulation type, showing that the pesticide-removing effect of OMB varies with the method of OMB generation.