Korean J Nutr.  2010 Aug;43(4):404-412. 10.4163/kjn.2010.43.4.404.

Dietary Risk Assessment for Pesticide Residues of Vegetables in Seoul, Korea

• Jang M
• Moon H
• Kim T
• Yuk D
• Kim J
• Park S

• KMID: 2268029
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4163/kjn.2010.43.4.404

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%.

Keyword

pesticide residues; dietary risk assessment; vegetables

MeSH Terms

Eating
Korea
Nitriles
Oxazines
Pesticide Residues
Pesticides
Phenylcarbamates
Risk Assessment
Triazoles
Uncertainty
Vegetables
Nitriles
Oxazines
Pesticide Residues
Pesticides
Phenylcarbamates
Triazoles

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Frequency and probability density function for measured perilla leaves data.

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  Fig. 2 Uncertainty analysis for endosulfan using Monte Carlo simulation.

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