Table 2.
Hazard index values representing chronic health risk of cumulative pesticides in 11 food items from the 3 largest cities of Cameroon.
| Sr.No | Food Item | Hazard Index | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Exposure | 95th Percentile Exposure | ||||||
| Upper Bound | Medium Bound | Lower Bound | Upper Bound | Medium Bound | Lower Bound | ||
| 1 | Black beans | 0.7958 | 0.7433 | 0.6908 | 2.6025 | 2.5918 | 2.5811 |
| 2 | Chili pepper | 0.1052 | 0.0966 | 0.0880 | 0.3053 | 0.3053 | 0.3053 |
| 3 | Cocoa | 0.0068 | 0.0040 | 0.0011 | 0.0095 | 0.0072 | 0.0050 |
| 4 | Coffee | 0.0005 | 0.0004 | 0.0003 | 0.0012 | 0.0012 | 0.0011 |
| 5 | Cowpea | 0.0109 | 0.0102 | 0.0096 | 0.0324 | 0.0322 | 0.0319 |
| 6 | Egusi seeds | 0.0103 | 0.0090 | 0.0078 | 0.0171 | 0.0163 | 0.0156 |
| 7 | Groundnuts | 0.1946 | 0.1656 | 0.1366 | 0.3069 | 0.2827 | 0.2585 |
| 8 | Kidney beans | 0.5696 | 0.5143 | 0.4589 | 1.7234 | 1.7121 | 1.7007 |
| 9 | Maize | 5.7491 | 5.2668 | 4.7846 | 19.4587 | 19.4409 | 19.4232 |
| 10 | Soybeans | 0.0046 | 0.0031 | 0.0016 | 0.0068 | 0.0056 | 0.0044 |
| 11 | White pepper | 0.0131 | 0.0098 | 0.0066 | 0.0160 | 0.0133 | 0.0105 |
Values of hazard index > 1 are indicated in bold.