Dietary Risk Assessment for Pesticide Residues of Vegetables in Seoul, Korea
The Korean Journal of Nutrition
;
: 404-412, 2010.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-648877
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%.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Oxazines
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Pesticides
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Triazoles
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Vegetables
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Pesticide Residues
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Risk Assessment
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Uncertainty
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Phenylcarbamates
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Eating
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Korea
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Nutrition
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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