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

Table 12

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

Pesticide	Mean exposure (μg/kg/day)	Reference dose (μg/kg/day)	Ratio—reference dose to mean exposure
Boscalid	0.0000428	218	5090000
Cyfluthrin	0.000965	25	25900
Cypermethrin	0.00632	10	1580
DDE	0.00014	0.5	3570
Imidacloprid	0.00102	57	55900
Methoxyfenozide	0.000927	100	108000
Omethoate	0.000181	0.2	1100
Permethrin	0.0144	50	3470
Pyraclostrobin	0.000331	30	90600
Spinosad	0.000685	30*	43800

*Acceptable daily intake used.