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KMID : 0371019990320020155
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Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
1999 Volume.32 No. 2 p.155 ~ p.161
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Risk Assessment on Carcinogeidc Pesticides of Vegetables in Korea
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Yoon Jae-Hong
Lee Jong-Tae
Chung Yong
Shin Dong-Chun
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Abstract
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Objectives: The study was conducted to estimate the carcinogenic risks from the ingestion of some carcinogenic pesticides (CPs) in vegetables sampled t a local agricultural product market in Seoul.
Methods: After applying a hazard identification step, we selected four pesticides, such as DDT, dieldrin, folpet, and heptachlor epoxide, for this risk assessment. Concentrations of each pesticide were measured from randomly sampled vegetables. In order to estimate the human exposure levels, we combined the concentration of pesticides I the vegetables with consumption rate of those vegetables. Three scenarios were hypothesized for human exposure assessment. Scenario I was the most conservative which supposed the undetected CPs would be the detection limit values. Scenario II was assumed that the undetected CPs would be a half of the detection limit values, and finally scenario III merely considered only values greater than the detection limit values. We finally presented the estimated carcinogenic risks on the basis of the traditional risk assessment procedure suggested by U.S.EPA.
Results: Pesticides including DDT, dieldrin, folpet and heptachlor epoxide were detected in 9 samples(6%) in the range of 0.0006∼0.09ppm. The daily intake levels of carcinogenic pesticides were estimated in the range of 0.0009∼0.0079㎍/day. As we expected, excess cancer risks based on scenario I was also the highest(1.1×10-8∼5.5×10-5).
Conclusions: We found that the estimated risks from the pesticides we investigated were not serious. We, however propose that a continuous monitoring is needed to make sure for the protection of public health.
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KEYWORD
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Risk assessment, Carcinogenic pesticides
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