Research Article
Dietary Exposure to Pesticide Residues from Commodities Alleged to Contain the Highest Contamination Levels
Table 7
Exposure estimates of the ten most frequently detected pesticides on grapes (imported).
| Pesticide | Mean exposure (μg/kg/day) | Reference dose (μg/kg/day) | Ratio—reference dose to mean exposure |
| Captan | 0.00314 | 130 | 41400 | Carbaryl | 0.000887 | 100 | 113000 | Chlorpyrifos | 0.00073 | 3 | 4110 | Cyprodinil | 0.00612 | 37.5 | 6130 | Fludioxonil | 0.00279 | 30 | 10800 | Folpet | 0.000161 | 100 | 621000 | Imidacloprid | 0.00124 | 57 | 46000 | Iprodione | 0.00612 | 40 | 6540 | Myclobutanil | 0.00061 | 30* | 49200 | Tebuconazole | 0.000409 | 30 | 73300 |
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*Acceptable daily intake used.
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