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

Table 5

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

Pesticide	Mean exposure (μg/kg/day)	Reference dose (μg/kg/day)	Ratio—reference dose to mean exposure
Acephate	0.00131	4	3050
Acetamiprid	0.0000997	100	1000000
Azoxystrobin	0.000675	180	267000
Cyromazine	0.000313	7.5	24000
Dicloran	0.00507	30*	5920
Imidacloprid	0.0000843	57	676000
Linuron	0.000724	2	2760
Malathion	0.000809	20	24700
Methamidophos	0.0000788	0.05	635
Permethrin	0.000693	50	72200

*Acceptable daily intake used.