Estimation of dietary exposure to pesticide residues in Polish crops in 2008.

摘要

One of the most important factors influencing human development and health condition are nutrition habits. The quality of food including first of all health safety as well as usable attributes of products, often decide about the consumer's choice. Safe food should be characterized by both adequate nutritive value and a tolerably low content of the substances of which could be the risk and threat for health, e.g. pesticide residues. The research carried out showed that a chronic dietary exposure of consumers to residues of all determined pesticides in 2008 in Polish crops was not significant, but only for apples and toddlers slightly exceeded "safe" ADI, despite the simple sum of individual exposures, which causes overestimation of exposure. Acute dietary only for apples and toddlers in one case of excess the maximum residue level for flusilazole was higher than ARfD, which resulted in action in the system RASFF. The presented data show that Polish fruits and vegetables are safe in long and short term nutrition of adults and toddlers.