Number 10 : Peppers
Number of potential different ED pesticides : 23
Pepper presents an average amount of pesticides EDCs found of 500 microgrammes per kilogramm which represents 15 times more than the amount in one contraceptive pill.
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ED pesticides residues identified by PAN Europe :
- Bifenthrin
- Carbendazim and benomyl
- Chlorothalonil
- Chlorpyrifos-methyl
- Cypermetrhin (sum)
- Cyproconazole
- Deltamethrin
- Dimethoate (sum)*
- Dithiocarbamates (mancozeb)**
- Flusilazole
- Flutriafol
- Iprodione
- Malathion (sum)*
- Methomyl and Thidiocarb
- Myclobutanil
- Oxamyl
- Penconazole
- Pirimicarb (sum)*
- Prochloraz (sum)*
- Propamocarb (sum)
- Pyrimethanil
- Pyriproxyfen
- Tebuconazole
* "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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