Table 2.
Health risks of pesticides in vegetable soils from the Eastern Nile Delta.
| Pesticide |
HQ ing |
HQ derm |
HQ inh |
HI |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | |
| Atrazine | 6.11E-07 | 5.7E-06 | 2.58E-09 | 1.35E-08 | 6.5E-11 | 1.57E-10 | 6.13E-07 | 5.71E-06 |
| Carbofuran (RD) | 6.03E-06 | 5.63E-05 | 2.55E-08 | 1.33E-07 | 6.4E-10 | 1.55E-09 | 6.05E-06 | 5.64E-05 |
| Chlorpyrifos | 0.178 | 0.1 666 | 7.54E-07 | 3.95E-06 | 1.9E-08 | 4.59E-08 | 1.79E-04 | 1.67E-03 |
| Chlorpyrifos methyl | 2.05E-06 | 1.92E-05 | 8.68E-09 | 4.55E-08 | 2.19E-10 | 5.29E-10 | 2.06E-06 | 1.92E-05 |
| Cypermethrin | 6.28E-07 | 5.86E-06 | 2.65E-09 | 1.39E-08 | 6.69E-11 | 1.62E-10 | 6.31E-07 | 5.87E-06 |
| Dimethoate | 1.18E-05 | 0.11 | 5E-08 | 2.62E-07 | 1.26E-09 | 3.04E-09 | 1.19E-05 | 1.11E-04 |
| Linuron | 4.74E-06 | 4.43E-05 | 2E-08 | 1.05E-07 | 5.06E-10 | 1.22E-09 | 4.76E-06 | 4.44E-05 |
| Malathion (RD) | 1.16E-06 | 1.09E-05 | 4.92E-09 | 2.58E-08 | 1.24E-10 | 3E-10 | 1.17E-06 | 1.09E-05 |
| Metalaxyl | 6.89E-07 | 6.43E-06 | 2.91E-09 | 1.53E-08 | 7.34E-11 | 1.77E-10 | 6.92E-07 | 6.44E-06 |
| Methamidophos | 0.438 | 0.4 091 | 1.85E-06 | 9.71E-06 | 4.67E-08 | 1.13E-07 | 4.40E-04 | 4.10E-03 |
| Methomyl (RD) | 4.01E-06 | 3.74E-05 | 1.69E-08 | 8.87E-08 | 4.27E-10 | 1.03E-09 | 4.02E-06 | 3.75E-05 |
| Oxyfluorfen | 2.19E-06 | 2.05E-05 | 9.25E-09 | 4.85E-08 | 2.34E-10 | 5.64E-10 | 2.20E-06 | 2.05E-05 |
| Pendimethalin | 3.34E-07 | 3.12E-06 | 1.41E-09 | 7.41E-09 | 3.57E-11 | 8.61E-11 | 3.36E-07 | 3.13E-06 |
| Thiobencarb | 3.48E-06 | 3.25E-05 | 1.47E-08 | 7.71E-08 | 3.71E-10 | 8.96E-10 | 3.50E-06 | 3.26E-05 |