Pesticide, metal, and other chemical residues in adult total diet samples--(XII)--August 1975-July 1976.

Abstract

This report is on the twelfth in the series on the presence of pesticide and other chemical residues in the average diet of the United States' heartiest eater, the young adult male. Twenty market baskets were collected in 20 U.S. cities that ranged in population from less than 50,000 to 1 million or more. Composites of 12 food classes were analyzed. Averages and ranges of residues found are reported for August 1975 through July 1976, by food class. In addition to the pesticide and chemical residues, data for lead, cadmium, selenium, mercury, arsenic, and zinc are included. The individual items making up the dairy and meat composites in four market baskets were analyzed separately for pesticide residues, and the results are included. Results of recovery studies of pesticides and chemicals within various food classes are also presented.