Determination of Pesticide Residues in Food Premises Using QuECHERS Method in Bench-Sheko Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 8

Estimated daily intakes (EDIs) of pesticide residues detected in cereal crops.

Pesticide residues	EDIs (mg/kg bw/day)
	Corn			Rice			Sorghum			Common millet
	GFs	NBs	SBs	GFs	NBs	SBs	GFs	NBs	SBs	GFs	NBs	SBs
p,p-DDT	0.06	0.17	0.17	0.44	0.56	0.33	0.03	0.02	0.06	0.03	0.07	0.02
p,p-DDE	0.03	0.20	0.18	0.33	0.55	0.54	0.04	0.03	0.06	0.04	0.03	0.04
Endosulfan sulfate	ND	0.14	0.25	0.73	0.58	0.62	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.01	0.02
Aldrin	ND	0.20	0.23	0.57	0.38	0.66	0.03	0.06	0.10	0.02	0.01	0.02
Dimethoate	ND	ND	ND	0.62	0.73	0.57	0.05	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.02	ND

Key: EDIs: estimated daily intakes; GFs: Gurafarda site; NBs: North Bench site; SBs: South Bench site.