Table 4.
Health risk assessment based on acceptable daily intake (ADI) of pesticide residues in vegetables.
| Pesticide | ADI [39] | Brinjal | Lady’s Finger | Tomato | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (mg/kg/day) | EDI | HRI | Health | EDI | HRI | Health | EDI | HRI | Health | |
| (mg/kg/day) | Risk | (mg/kg/day) | Risk | (mg/kg/day) | Risk | |||||
| Acephate | 0.003 | 0.00155 | 0.52 | No | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chlorpyrifos | 0.003 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.00104 | 0.35 | No |
| Fenitrothrion | 0.002 | 0.00167 | 0.84 | No | 0.00075 | 0.38 | No | - | - | - |
| Parathion | 0.005 | 0.00184 | 0.37 | No | - | - | - | 0.00132 | 0.26 | No |
| Ethion | 0.001 | - | - | - | 0.01012 | 10.1 | Yes | - | - | - |
| Carbaryl | 0.008 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0087 | 1.09 | Yes |
| Cypermethrin | 0.05 | 0.00207 | 0.04 | No | - | - | - | - | - | - |
-: Denotes EDI not established for the particular pesticide in particular vegetable.