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

Table 14

Exposure estimates relative to reference doses (RfD) for ten most frequently detected pesticides on twelve foods.

Food	EWG rank	>RfD	10% to 100% of RfD	1% to 10% of RfD	0.1% to 1% of RfD	0.01% to 0.1% of RfD	0.001% to 0.01% of RfD	0.0001% to 0.001% of RfD	<0.0001% of RfD
Celery	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	1
Peaches	2	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	0
Strawberries	3	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0
Apples	4	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	0
Blueberries	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3
Nectarines	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	2
Bell peppers	7	0	0	1	0	3	2	3	1
Spinach	8	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	1
Cherries	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
Kale	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	1
Potatoes	11	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	1
Grapes (imported)	12	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	0
Total		0	0	1	6	23	41	37	12