Table 3.

Potential non-carcinogenic health risk estimation of OCP residues in Amaranthus spp from selected farms and markets in South-western Nigeria.

	Children				Adult
Pesticides	ADI (mg kg−1d−1)	EADI (mg kg−1d−1)	Hazard index	Health risk	EADI (mg kg−1d−1)	Hazard index	Health risk
Heptachlor	0.0001	9.0 × 10−4	8.972	Yes	2.5 × 10−4	2.497	Yes
Heptachlor epoxide	0.0001	7.2 × 10−5	0.722	No	2.0 × 10−5	0.201	No
Aldrin	0.0001	1.1 × 10−3	10.861	Yes	3.0 × 10−4	3.023	Yes
Dieldrin	0.0001	4.1 × 10−3	40.695	Yes	1.1 × 10−3	11.327	Yes
Endrin	0.0002	9.8 × 10−4	4.875	Yes	2.7 × 10−4	1.357	Yes
Endrin aldehyde	0.0002	9.7 × 10−3	48.487	Yes	2.7 × 10−3	13.496	Yes
α- Endosulfan	0.006	2.2 × 10−4	0.037	No	6.1 × 10−5	0.010	No
β- Endosulfan	0.006	4.6 × 10−4	0.275	No	4.6 × 10−4	0.077	No
Endosulfan sulfate	0.006	2.2 × 10−3	1.285	Yes	2.2 × 10−3	0.358	No
Cumulative HI			116.210			32.345