Dietary Risk Assessment for Pesticide Residues of Vegetables in Seoul, Korea.
10.4163/kjn.2010.43.4.404
- Author:
Mira JANG
1
;
Hyunkyung MOON
;
Taerang KIM
;
Donghyun YUK
;
Junghun KIM
;
Seoggee PARK
Author Information
1. Gangnam Agro-marin Products Inspection Center, Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health and Environment, Seoul 138-701, Korea. jangmr@seoul.go.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
pesticide residues;
dietary risk assessment;
vegetables
- MeSH:
Eating;
Korea;
Nitriles;
Oxazines;
Pesticide Residues;
Pesticides;
Phenylcarbamates;
Risk Assessment;
Triazoles;
Uncertainty;
Vegetables
- From:The Korean Journal of Nutrition
2010;43(4):404-412
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
This paper specifically discusses the risk assessment on the pesticide residues in vegetables collected from traditional markets, big marts and departments in the southern part of Seoul. Vegetable samples were 6,583 cases from January to December in 2009. Monte-Carlo simulation was used to calculate the uncertainty for the risk index using pesticide residues, average dietary intake for vegetables and acceptable daily intake. Deterministic risk indexes were 7.33% of diethofencarb, 5.13% of indoxacarb, 3.96% of EPN, 3.92% of diniconazole and 3.09% of chlorothalonil, respectively. And other pesticides were below 3%. Distributions of risk indexes obtained by the Monte-Carlo simulations were similar to the deterministic values, even though the confidence intervals for 95% were very wide. We confirmed that health risks caused by eating vegetables exceeded maximum residue limits of pesticide are very low and the population is generally safe, judging from the risk indexes located between 0.07 to 9.49%.
