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Table 5 Top 20 pesticides and their sensitive health effects ("critical effects")

From: A comparative study of allowable pesticide residue levels on produce in the United States

Pesticide

Excess

(kg)

Body Weight1

Liver1

Blood1

Endocrine1

Kidney1

CNS1

Reproductive1

Developmental1

Zeta-Cypermethrin

10 683

0.06

    

0.06

  

Inorganic bromide

10 327

        

Methomyl

8 586

    

X

   

Thiabendazole

3 696

0.10

0.10

      

Chlorpyrifos

3 450

  

0.0003

     

Carfentrazone-ethyl

2 468

 

0.03

      

Fenhexamid

2 167

  

0.17

0.17

    

Fenamiphos

1 324

  

0.0001

     

Oxamyl

1 307

        

Abamectin

1 307

0.0004

      

0.0004

Aldicarb

1 302

        

Fosetyl-Al

1 201

      

2.50

 

S-metolachlor

1 137

0.10

       

Quinoxyfen

1 136

0.20

   

0.20

   

Metolachlor

860

0.10

       

Propamocarb hydrochloride

853

X

       

Acibenzolar-S-methyl

852

  

0.25

     

Fenamidone

852

   

0.0283

    

Ferbam

653

0.015

0.015

0.015

     

Captan

649

0.13

      

0.13

  1. This table shows the top 20 pesticides modeled to have the highest excess levels when summed across all importing markets. For each, the table shows "critical effects," meaning the most sensitive non-cancer endpoint/s documented in EPA risk assessments.
  2. 1 Numbers in health effects column indicate the chronic population adjusted doses (cPADs) EPA identified, i.e. the highest dose to which a person could be exposed over the course of a lifetime with no expected adverse health effects. cPADs provided are provided in units of mg pesticide per kg bodyweight per day. Value of "X" in health effects column indicates that EPA did not quantitatively estimate a cPAD.
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