Comprehensive toxicological multi-year study on pesticides in apples: Control, trends and dietary risk assessment
ŁOZOWICKA B. KACZYŃSKI P. WOŁEJKO E. JANKOWSKA M. IWANIUK P. HRYNKO I. RUTKOWSKA E. ŁUNIEWSKI S. ILYASOVA G. JABŁOŃSKA-TRYPUĆ A. WYDRO U. PIETRUSZYŃSKA M.
1 February 2025Elsevier Ltd
Food Chemistry
2025#464
Apples are one of the most widely consumed raw fruit worldwide. Due to multiple sprayings during the growing season, they can contain pesticide residues affecting quality of food and human health. The novelty of the present study was a comprehensive multi-year control of a broad spectrum of pesticides in apples (2006–2022) and dietary risk assessment with changing toxicological values: ADI/ARfD/MRL. Long/short-term exposure for the EU critical sub-populations were calculated by EFSA model. A 17-year monitoring indicated 64.2 % of 1223 samples contained residues and MRL exceedances 3.4 %. A total of 57 active substances were identified (0.01–0.34 mg/kg). The most frequently detected were fungicides (captan, dithiocarbamates) and insecticides (acetamiprid, metoxyfenozide). Chronic exposure showed residues pose no risk to human health. Acute risk up to 840.7 % ARfD children and up to 219 % of ARfD for adults for indoxacarb and lambda-cyhalothrin was observed. Comprehensive toxicological data identified potential dietary risk to public health.
Apples , Public health , Risk assessment , Toxic pesticides, dietary exposure
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Institute of Plant Protection – National Research Institute, Laboratory of Food and Feed Safety, Chelmonskiego 22 Street, Bialystok, 15-195, Poland
Bialystok University of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, Wiejska 45A Street, Bialystok, 15-351, Poland
Eastern European University of Applied Sciences in Bialystok, Ciepla Street 40, Bialystok, 15-472, Poland
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Department of Natural Sciences, 2, Astana, Satpayev, 010008, Kazakhstan
Medical University of Bialystok, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Bialystok, Poland
Institute of Plant Protection – National Research Institute
Bialystok University of Technology
Eastern European University of Applied Sciences in Bialystok
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Medical University of Bialystok
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