PMID- 10983573
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20001004
LR  - 20041118
IS  - 0265-203X (Print)
IS  - 0265-203X (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 7
DP  - 2000 Jul
TI  - Pesticide residues variability and acute dietary risk assessment: a consumer 
      perspective.
PG  - 511-7
AB  - In relation to residue variability and acute dietary intake, this paper considers 
      whether or not consumers are adequately protected, and makes recommendations for 
      governments and international bodies. Existing risk assessment science is 
      inadequate to lay to rest some concerns raised by the scientific community, and 
      it is plausible that acute exposures to pesticides from the most contaminated 
      food may be causing adverse effects in some consumers. Consumers International 
      recommends that: (1) analysis and regulation of pesticides with a common 
      mechanism of action (e.g. organophosphate insecticides) be conducted in an 
      integrated, aggregated manner, not on a single pesticide basis; (2) exposure to 
      pesticides in foods consumed in large amounts by children be reduced by revising 
      good agricultural practices; (3) clear risk assessment policies for acute risk 
      assessments be established at the national and international level; and (4) an 
      additional safety factor be applied in order to protect children when 
      establishing maximum residue limits (MRLs) for pesticides in the absence of 
      reliable data on the effects of pesticides on children (e.g. no 
      pesticide-specific tests on immature animals for effects on the developing brain, 
      endocrine, or immune systems).
FAU - Lefferts, L Y
AU  - Lefferts LY
AD  - llefferts@earthlink.net
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Food Addit Contam
JT  - Food additives and contaminants
JID - 8500474
RN  - 0 (Insecticides)
RN  - 0 (Organophosphorus Compounds)
RN  - 0 (Pesticide Residues)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Agriculture/methods
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - *Consumer Product Safety
MH  - Female
MH  - Food Contamination/legislation & jurisprudence/*prevention & control
MH  - Humans
MH  - Insecticides/*poisoning
MH  - Male
MH  - Maximum Allowable Concentration
MH  - *Organophosphorus Compounds
MH  - Pesticide Residues/*poisoning
MH  - Risk Assessment/*methods
EDAT- 2000/09/13 11:00
MHDA- 2000/10/07 11:01
CRDT- 2000/09/13 11:00
PHST- 2000/09/13 11:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2000/10/07 11:01 [medline]
PHST- 2000/09/13 11:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/026520300412401 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Food Addit Contam. 2000 Jul;17(7):511-7. doi: 10.1080/026520300412401.