Pesticide Residues in Food and Drinking Water

This book explores human exposure and consumer risk assessment in response to issues surrounding pesticide residues in food and drinking water. All the three main areas of consumer risk assessment including human toxicology, pesticide residue chemistry and dietary consumption are brought together and discussed. Includes the broader picture - the environmental fate of pesticides Takes an international approach with contributors from the European Union, USA and Australia Highlights the increasing concerns over food safety and the risks to humans

Contributors ix Series Preface xi               Preface xiii 1 Introduction 1 Denis Hamilton and Stephen Crossley 2 Environmental Fate of Pesticides and the Consequences for Residues in Food and Drinking Water 27 Jack Holland and Phil Sinclair 3 Pesticide Metabolism in Crops and Livestock 63 Michael W. Skidmore and Árpád Ambrus 4 Effects of Food Preparation and Processing on Pesticide Residues in Commodities of Plant Origin 121 Gabriele Timme and Birgitt Walz-Tylla 5 Toxicological Assessment of Agricultural Pesticides 149 Mike Watson 6 Diets and Dietary Modelling for Dietary Exposure Assessment 167 J. Robert Tomerlin and Barbara J. Petersen 7 Chronic Intake 213 Les Davies, Michael O’Connor and Sheila Logan 8 Acute Intake 243 Kim Z. Travis Denis Hamilton, Les Davies, Matthew O’Mullane and Utz Mueller 9 Natural Toxicants as Pesticides 269 John A. Edgar 10 International Standards: The International Harmonization of Pesticide Residue Standards for Food and Drinking Water 295 Wim H. Van Eck 11 Explaining the Risks 339 Sir Colin Berry Index 353