TY - JOUR
T1 - Cumulative dietary exposure of the population of Denmark to pesticides.
AU - Jensen, Bodil Hamborg
AU - Petersen, Annette
AU - Nielsen, Elsa
AU - Christensen, Tue
AU - Poulsen, Mette Erecius
AU - Andersen, Jens Hinge
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - We used the Hazard Index (HI) method to carry out a cumulative risk assessment after chronic dietary
exposure to all monitored pesticides in fruit, vegetables and cereals for various consumer groups in
Denmark. Residue data for all the pesticides were obtained from the Danish monitoring programme
during the period 2004e2011. Food consumption data were obtained from DANSDA (the DAnish National
Survey of Diet and physical Activity) for the period 2005e2008. The calculations were made using three
different models to cope with residues below the limit of reporting (LOR). We concluded that a model
that included processing factors and set non-detects to ½ LOR, but limited the correction (Model 3), gave
the most realistic exposure estimate. With Model 3 the HI was calculated to be 0.44 for children and 0.18
for adults, indicating that there is no risk of adverse health effects following chronic cumulative exposure
to the pesticides found in fruit, vegetables and cereals on the Danish market. The HI was below 1 even for
consumers who eat more than 550 g of fruit and vegetables per day, corresponding to 1/3 of the population.
Choosing Danish-produced commodities whenever possible could reduce the HI by a factor of 2.
AB - We used the Hazard Index (HI) method to carry out a cumulative risk assessment after chronic dietary
exposure to all monitored pesticides in fruit, vegetables and cereals for various consumer groups in
Denmark. Residue data for all the pesticides were obtained from the Danish monitoring programme
during the period 2004e2011. Food consumption data were obtained from DANSDA (the DAnish National
Survey of Diet and physical Activity) for the period 2005e2008. The calculations were made using three
different models to cope with residues below the limit of reporting (LOR). We concluded that a model
that included processing factors and set non-detects to ½ LOR, but limited the correction (Model 3), gave
the most realistic exposure estimate. With Model 3 the HI was calculated to be 0.44 for children and 0.18
for adults, indicating that there is no risk of adverse health effects following chronic cumulative exposure
to the pesticides found in fruit, vegetables and cereals on the Danish market. The HI was below 1 even for
consumers who eat more than 550 g of fruit and vegetables per day, corresponding to 1/3 of the population.
Choosing Danish-produced commodities whenever possible could reduce the HI by a factor of 2.
KW - Pesticides residues
KW - Cumulative chronic exposure assessment
KW - Hazard Index method
KW - Handling of left-censored data
U2 - 10.1016/j.fct.2015.07.002
DO - 10.1016/j.fct.2015.07.002
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26188179
SN - 0278-6915
VL - 83
SP - 300
EP - 307
JO - Food and Chemical Toxicology
JF - Food and Chemical Toxicology
ER -