TY - JOUR
T1 - Cumulative dietary risk assessment of pesticides in food for the Danish population for the period 2012–2017
AU - Jensen, Bodil Hamborg
AU - Petersen, Annette
AU - Petersen, Pernille Bjørn
AU - Christensen, Tue
AU - Fagt, Sisse
AU - Trolle, Ellen
AU - Poulsen, Mette Erecius
AU - Hinge Andersen, Jens
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The cumulative chronic dietary exposure for the Danish population were assessed using Danish food monitoring data for the period 2012–2017 and Danish food consumption data for the consumer groups children (age 1–2, age 4–6 and age 7–14 years), adults age 15–75, high consumers and consumers eating Danish produced fruit and vegetables whenever possible. Levels below the Limit of Reporting (LOR) were set to ½ LOR with correction. For risk assessment of the cumulative chronic dietary exposure we used the Hazard Index (HI) method where the Hazard Quotient (HQ) was calculated for each pesticide and summed up to a HI. The HI was calculated to be below 1 for all consumer groups; i.e. 0.36 for children age 4–6 years and 0.13 for adults, indicating that the cumulative chronic dietary pesticide exposure is unlikely to constitute a health risk for Danish consumers, even for high consumers eating 600 g or more of fruit and vegetables each day. By eating Danish produced commodities whenever possible, the HI was reduced by a factor of one third for both children and adults. 25 different commodities contributed to about 90% of the HI and to 84% of the exposure.
AB - The cumulative chronic dietary exposure for the Danish population were assessed using Danish food monitoring data for the period 2012–2017 and Danish food consumption data for the consumer groups children (age 1–2, age 4–6 and age 7–14 years), adults age 15–75, high consumers and consumers eating Danish produced fruit and vegetables whenever possible. Levels below the Limit of Reporting (LOR) were set to ½ LOR with correction. For risk assessment of the cumulative chronic dietary exposure we used the Hazard Index (HI) method where the Hazard Quotient (HQ) was calculated for each pesticide and summed up to a HI. The HI was calculated to be below 1 for all consumer groups; i.e. 0.36 for children age 4–6 years and 0.13 for adults, indicating that the cumulative chronic dietary pesticide exposure is unlikely to constitute a health risk for Danish consumers, even for high consumers eating 600 g or more of fruit and vegetables each day. By eating Danish produced commodities whenever possible, the HI was reduced by a factor of one third for both children and adults. 25 different commodities contributed to about 90% of the HI and to 84% of the exposure.
KW - Pesticides residues
KW - Cumulative chronic risk assessment
KW - Hazard Index method
KW - Handling of left-censored data
KW - Commodities contributing most to exposure and Hazard Index
U2 - 10.1016/j.fct.2022.113359
DO - 10.1016/j.fct.2022.113359
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35970271
SN - 0278-6915
VL - 168
JO - Food and Chemical Toxicology
JF - Food and Chemical Toxicology
M1 - 113359
ER -