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. 2020 May 15;10:8054. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-65030-z

Table 3.

Estimated dietary intake (EDI) (µg/day) of pesticide residues through consumption of milk from five different sites of India at lower bound (LB) and upper bound (UB) approaches.

Pesticides ADI (ug/Kg bw/d)a TADI adults (µg/d)b TADI children (µg/d)c Bangalore Bhubaneswar Guwahati Ludhiana Udaipur
LB UB LB UB LB UB LB UB LB UB
Lindane 5 300 50 0.21 1.75 0.06 0.44 0.098 5.81 0.04 4.03
DDT 10 600 100 0.168 0.92 0.12 0.62 0.250 7.77 0.15 5.42
Endosulfan 6 360 60 0.35 2.44 0.022 0.80 0.08 0.60
Fipronil 0.2 12 2 0.33 1.71 0.02 0.37 0.78 5.91 0.08 3.77
Cyhalothrin 20 1200 200 0.03 2.14 0.04 0.82 0.06 0.58 0.64 8.29 0.04 5.40
Cypermethrin 20 1200 200 0.34 2.74 0.03 0.63 1.79 10.6
Permethrin 50 3000 500 0.09 2.60 1.152 2.07 0.13 0.75 0.304 9.48 6.76 25.9
Chlorpyrifos 10 600 100 0.48 2.37 0.135 0.83 0.05 0.53 1.62 8.52 0.38 5.88
Profenophos 30 180 300 0.27 2.3 0.038 0.79 0.02 0.53 0.80 8.25 0.07 5.34
Ethion 2 120 20 0.29 2.7 0.073 0.96 0.1 0.70 0.824 9.64 0.24 6.72

aAcceptable daily intake (ADI) obtained from Codex Alimentarius Commission.

bTADI (total acceptable daily intake) value for adults was obtained by ADI multiplied by average body weight of 60 Kg.

cTADI value for children was obtained by ADI multiplied by average body weight of 10 Kg.

Milk availability: Bangalore: 282 gram, Bhubeneshwar: 104 gram, Guwahati: 70 gram, Ludhiana: 1032 gram and Udaipur: 704 gram (Indiainfoline.com).