Mariana MINUȚ1, Mihaela ROȘCA2, Petronela COZMA1, Maria GAVRILESCU1,3
Abstract. The risk to human health generated by the consumption of fruits and vegetables containing pesticide residues is evaluated applying the method recommended by the United State Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), taking strawberries, apples, lettuce and potatoes for evaluation. In the case of the USEPA method, several age categories of consumers were considered, from 3 years to over 75 years in the acute case, and from 18 years to over 75 years age categories in the chronic case. The results showed that no risks to significant human health were identified. According to the results, it was found that most of the pesticides taken into account do not pose a risk to the population, except for a few cases in which the short-term and long-term evaluation values exceeded the limits at which the pesticides pose a risk to the population represented by children (especially those that have exceeded the maximum allowed residual limit). Keywords: acute exposure, chronic exposure, EFSA, health risk, USEPA method
DOI 10.56082/annalsarsciphyschem.2022.2.120
*Corresponding authors: mgav@tuiasi.ro
1 “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi, “Cristofor Simionescu” Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection, Department of Environmental Engineering and Management,73 Prof. D. Mangeron Blvd, 700050 Iasi, Romania.
2 “Ion Ionescu de la Brad” University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Iasi, Faculty of Horticulture, Department of Horticultural Technologies, 3 Mihail Sadoveanu Alley, 700490 Iasi, Romania.
3 Academy of Romanian Scientists, 3 Ilfov Street, 050094 Bucharest, Romania.
PUBLISHED in Annals of the Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on Physics and Chemistry, Volume 7, No2