Detection of Residual Levels and Associated Health Risk of Seven Pesticides in Fresh Eggplant and Tomato Samples from Narayanganj District, Bangladesh

Table 3

Percentage contamination and HRIs of the investigated pesticides for tomato.

Pesticide	Contamination rate (%)	MRL (mg/kg)	ADI (mg/kg/day)	EDI (mg/kg/day)	HRI	Health risk
Carbofuran	10	0.02	0.003	0.0039	1.3	Yes
Diazinon	40	0.01	0.001	0.0166	16.6	Yes
Dimethoate	0	0.02	0.001	—	—	—
Fenitrothion	20	0.01	0.002	0.0073	0.7	No
Linuron	10	0.05	0.010	0.0031	0.3	No
Parathion	10	0.05	0.005	—	—	—
Phosphamidon	10	0.01	0.001	0.0040	4.0	Yes

MRL= maximum residual limit; HRI = human risk index; ADI = acceptable dietary intake; EDI = estimated dietary intake. The HRI was calculated by considering an average daily vegetable intake for an adult (60 kg) as 0.345 kg/person/day [15, 16] and using the MRL determined by EC regulation 396/2005 (from the EU pesticide database) [15].