Number 1: Lettuce
Number of potential different ED pesticides: 20
Lettuce presents an average amount of pesticides EDCs found of 1300 microgrammes per kilogramm which represents 40 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)*
- Cyproconazole
- Deltamethrin
- Dimethoate (sum)*
- Dithiocarbamates (sum)*
- Flutriafol
- Iprodione
- Linuron
- Methomyl and Thiodicarb
- Myclobutanil
- Pirimicarb (sum)*
- Propamocarb
- 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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