date:May 21, 2014
ough their diets from 99% of the 171 pesticides assessed. The report noted that, based on a worst-case scenario, a risk to consumer health could not be excluded for two pesticides. Both substances have been prohibited in the EU since 1979 but continue to be present in the food chain because of their persistence in the environment. The results of the short-term dietary exposure assessment indicated a potential consumer health concern for a number of samples if these products were consumed in larg