General Objective: To evaluate the risk of dietary exposure of the Ecuadorian population to pesticide residues in mass consumption foods with potential contamination.
Specific objectives:
- Estimate the usual diet of selected foods (rice, potato, kidney tomato, carrot, green pepper and apple) in a representative sample of the population of Cuenca, Guayaquil and Quito through 24-hour recalls.
- To evaluate the degree of contamination with pesticide residues in six foods of national mass consumption (rice, potato, kidney tomato, carrot, green pepper and apple).
- Estimate the risk of dietary exposure by group of pesticides by food, geographically adjusted from the intake of mass consumption foods.
Participating Institutions:
ESPOL, UCUENCA, UPS, PUCE
Project Director Juan Cevallos
Participants:
- Angelica Ochoa
- Silvana Donoso
- Juan Manuel Cevallos Cevallos
- Angela Vanessa Pacheco Flores de Valgaz
- Kevin Gabriel Cedeño Vinces
- Betzabé Magdalena Tello Ponce
- Philippe Paul Belmont Guerron
Awarded budget: $40,000.00
Project Status: Awarded
