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

Table 11

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

Pesticide	Mean exposure (μg/kg/day)	Reference dose (μg/kg/day)	Ratio—reference dose to mean exposure
Aldicarb sulfate	0.000327	1**	3060
Azoxystrobin	0.00036	180	500000
Boscalid	0.000104	218	2100000
Chlorpropham	0.322	200	621
Clothianidin	0.000064	10	156000
Flutolanil	0.000148	60	405000
Imidacloprid	0.000467	57	122000
ο-Phenylphenol	0.000404	20*	49500
Thiabendazole	0.00343	100*	29200
Thiamethoxam	0.0000626	13	208000

*Acceptable daily intake used.
**Aldicarb metabolite; used reference dose for aldicarb.