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

Table 8

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

Pesticide	Mean exposure (μg/kg/day)	Reference dose (μg/kg/day)	Ratio—reference dose to mean exposure
Acetamiprid	0.00097	100	103000
Azoxystrobin	0.000231	180	779000
Boscalid	0.0000823	218	2650000
Cypermethrin	0.000278	10	36000
DCPA	0.000106	10	94300
DDE	0.0000122	0.5	41000
Imidacloprid	0.00012	57	475000
Indoxacarb	0.0000965	20	207000
Methoxyfenozide	0.000372	200	538000
Pyraclostrobin	0.000134	30	224000