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

Table 4

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

Pesticide	Mean exposure (μg/kg/day)	Reference dose (μg/kg/day)	Ratio—reference dose to mean exposure
Azoxystrobin	0.0000646	180	2790000
Boscalid	0.00118	218	185000
Carbaryl	0.00011	100	909000
Carbendazim	0.000143	10*	69900
Fenbuconazole	0.0000126	300	23800000
Fludioxonil	0.000103	30	291000
Imidacloprid	0.0000178	57	3200000
Iprodione	0.000413	40	96900
Phosmet	0.000244	20	82000
Pyraclostrobin	0.00027	30	111000

*Acceptable daily intake used.