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

Table 6

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

Pesticide	Mean exposure (μg/kg/day)	Reference dose (μg/kg/day)	Ratio—reference dose to mean exposure
Azinphos-Methyl	0.0000485	5*	103000
Bifenthrin	0.0000169	15	888000
Boscalid	0.000357	218	611000
Carbaryl	0.000219	100	457000
Imidacloprid	0.0000956	57	596000
Myclobutanil	0.000131	30*	229000
Pyraclostrobin	0.000127	30	236000
Quinoxyfen	0.0000522	200*	3830000
Tebuconazole	0.000937	30	32000
Trifloxystrobin	0.0000915	100*	1090000

*Acceptable daily intake used.