Number 8 : Pears
Number of potential different ED pesticides : 20
Pear presents an average amount of pesticides EDCs found of 600 microgrammes per kilogramm which represents 20 times more than the amount in one contraceptive pill.
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ED pesticides residues identified by PAN Europe :
- Bifenthrin
- Captan
- Carbendazim and benomyl
- Chlorothalonil
- Chlorpyrifos-methyl
- Cypermethrin (sum)*
- Deltamethrin
- Dimethoate (sum)*
- Dithiocarbamates (mancozeb)**
- Fenbuconazole
- Fenoxycarb
- Flusilazole
- Iprodione
- Malathion (sum)*
- Methomyl and Thiodicarb
- Myclobutanil
- Pirimicarb (sum)*
- Pyrimethanil
- Tebuconazole
- Toclofos-methyl
* "Sum" means that EFSA calculated the sum of similarly acting chemicals.
** Here, the "sum" is the sum of the individual amounts of dithiocarbamate chemicals, including mancozeb.
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