Monitoring and Risk Assessment of Multi-Pesticide Residues in Apples: A Focus on Consumer Safety.

ABSTRACT: Pesticide residues in human diets pose significant health hazards, particularly for vulnerable populations such as infants and children. This study aimed to determine pesticide residues in apples and to assess the cumulatively chronic risk posed to adult and child consumers from simultaneous exposure to multiple residues. During the 2022-2023 harvest seasons, 100 apple samples from Turkey were analyzed for the presence of 225 different pesticide residues. Pesticide extraction was performed using the QuEChERS method, followed by detection through liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. Fifteen distinct pesticides (ten insecticides and five fungicides) were detected in 64 out of the 100 apple samples analyzed. Eleven samples contained pesticide residues that exceeded the

SUBMITTER: Odabas E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11476224 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature