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Report of the sub-committee on the environment and health.

Table 6.4
Estimated pesticide intake from imported and Danish cereals and cereal products (Büchert 1998). There are very few analyses of glyphosate in cereals and cereal products. Empty spaces indicate that residues have not been detected. The analyses included pesticides that were not detected in any of the samples.
Pesticide

Barley, m g/day

Oats, m g/day

Wheat, m g/day

Maize, m g/day

Rice, m g/day

Rye, m g/day

Total, m g/day

Total distribution
  DK IMP. DK IMP. DK IMP. IMP. IMP. DK IMP. Total DK IMP. DK% IMP.%
Bromide

1.720

0.000

            

69.623

3.664

75.007

71.343

3.664

95.1

4.9
Carbaryl    

0.051

0.094

            

0.145

0.051

0.094

35.0

65.0
Chlormequate    

1.243

2.309

12.531

3.133

    

14.635

0.770

34.620

28.409

6.212

82.1

17.9
Chlorpyriphos-methyl         1.166 0.291 0.080       1.537 1.166 0.372 75.8 24.2
p,p'-DDE     0.030 0.056             0.087 0.030 0.056 35.0 65.0
Dieldrin         0.567 0.142         0.708 0.567 0.142 80.0 20.0
Dimethoate 0.006 0.000     1.102 0.276         1.384 1.109 0.276 80.1 19.9
Dithiocarbamate         4.229 1.057         5.286 4.229 1.057 80.0 20.0
Esfenvalerate         0.439 0.110         0.549 0.439 0.110 80.0 20.0
Fenitrothion             0.103 0.078     0.181 0.000 0.181 0.0 100.0
Fenvalerate     0.036 0.067 1.343 0.336     0.299 0.016 2.098 1.679 0.419 80.0 20.0
Glyphosate 0.159 0.000                 0.159 0.159 0.000 100.0 0.0
Lambda-cyhalothrine         0.428 0.107         0.535 0.428 0.107 80.0 20.0
Lindane         0.408 0.102     0.299 0.016 0.825 0.707 0.118 85.7 14.3
Malathion         0.871 0.218 0.072 0.040     1.200 0.871 0.329 72.6 27.4
Mepiquate     0.023 0.042 0.066 0.017     0.743 0.039 0.929 0.832 0.098 89.5 10.5
Nitrofen                 0.850 0.045 0.894 0.850 0.045 95.0 5.0
Permethrin     0.186 0.346             0.532 0.186 0.346 35.0 65.0
Pirimicarb             0.072       0.072 0.000 0.072 0.0 100.0
Pirimiphos-methyl     0.016 0.030 1.107 0.277 0.372 0.038     1.839 1.123 0.716 61.1 38.9
Pesticide intake                              
Without reduction 1.886 0.000 1.585 2.944 24.257 6.064 0.699 0.155 86.448 4.550 53.581 42.833 10.747 65.6 34.4
With 50% reduction 0.943 0.000 0.793 1.472 12.129 3.032 0.350 0.078 43.224 2.275 26.791 21.417 5.374 65.6 34.4

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