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

Table 13

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

Pesticide	Mean exposure (μg/kg/day)	Reference dose (μg/kg/day)	Ratio—reference dose to mean exposure
Bifenthrin	0.000945	15	15900
Boscalid	0.00351	218	62100
Captan	0.0159	130	8180
Cyprodinil	0.00278	37.5	13500
Fenhexamid	0.00275	57	20700
Fludioxonil	0.0012	30	25000
Malathion	0.000418	20	47800
Myclobutanil	0.000723	30*	41500
Pyraclostrobin	0.00161	30	18600
Pyrimethanil	0.00623	200*	32100

*Acceptable daily intake used.