Dietary Exposure to Pesticide Residues from Commodities Alleged to Contain the Highest Contamination Levels

Table 10

Exposure estimates of the ten most frequently detected pesticides on peaches.

Pesticide	Mean exposure (μg/kg/day)	Reference dose (μg/kg/day)	Ratio—reference dose to mean exposure
Azinphos-Methyl	0.00194	5*	2580
Boscalid	0.000866	218	252000
Chlorpyrifos	0.000228	3	13200
Cyhalothrin	0.000227	5	22000
Fludioxonil	0.0228	30	1320
Formetanate hydrochloride	0.00351	2*	570
Iprodione	0.047	40	851
Methoxyfenozide	0.000531	100	188000
ο-Phenylphenol	0.000285	20*	70200
Phosmet	0.00288	20	6940

*Acceptable daily intake used.