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

Table 3

Exposure estimates of the ten most frequently detected pesticides on bell peppers.

Pesticide	Mean exposure (μg/kg/day)	Reference dose (μg/kg/day)	Ratio—reference dose to mean exposure
Acephate	0.00269	4	1490
Carbendazim	0.000225	10*	44400
Chlorpyrifos	0.00185	3	1620
Dicofol	0.00042	2*	4760
Endosulfan	0.00021	6	28600
Imidacloprid	0.000442	57	129000
Metalaxyl	0.000334	74	222000
Methamidophos	0.00101	0.05	49.5
Oxamyl	0.000223	25	112000
Thiabendazole	0.00000547	100	18300000

*Acceptable daily intake used.