Variability in pesticides residues the US experience
作者:
F. B. Suhre,
期刊:
Food Additives & Contaminants
(Taylor Available online 2000)
卷期:
Volume 17,
issue 7
页码: 497-501
ISSN:0265-203X
年代: 2000
DOI:10.1080/026520300412384
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Pesticides Exposure Dietary Variability Us Epa Fqpa
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The evolution of US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) process for estimating potential health risks from pesticide residues in or on food is examined in light of changes in US Legislation and the variability of residue data and assumptions used to estimate dietary exposure. In the 86 years since enactment of the Insecticide Act, pesticide laws have become progressively more health-based. Passage of the 1996 Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) requires EPA to place particular emphasis on assessing potential risk from pesticides to infants and children. Primary factors affecting the actual pesticide residues in food include frequency of application, percentage of crop treated, and the interval from treatment to harvest. Primary factors affecting the estimated pesticide residues in food include the source of the residue data, calculation techniques for non-detected residues, and the availability of data reflecting post-harvest treatments. Risk assessors must thoroughly consider these factors when assessing dietary risk to pesticides. Risk managers will need to consider these factors as a means of mitigating dietary risk from pesticides.
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