applied sciences Article Pesticides Contamination of Cereals and Legumes: Monitoring of Samples Marketed in Italy as a Contribution to Risk Assessment Valeria Nardelli 1, Valeria D’Amico 1, Mariateresa Ingegno 1 , Ines Della Rovere 1, Marco Iammarino 1,* , Francesco Casamassima 1, Anna Calitri 1, Donatella Nardiello 2 , Donghao Li 3 and Maurizio Quinto 2,3,* 1 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Via Manfredonia 20, 71121 Foggia, Italy;
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[email protected] (M.Q.) Featured Application: This work offers a contribution to risk assessment regarding the levels of 37 pesticides in cereal and legume samples commercialized in Italy during the last years. It is well-known that prolonged exposure to pesticides can increase the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory disease, other than promoting cancer diseases. Thus, the World Health Organization and the European Food Safety Authority ask for monitoring of the levels of such substances, Citation: Nardelli, V.; D’Amico, V.; especially in vegetables, continuously, to have availability updated and detailed data on this Ingegno, M.; Della Rovere, I.; Iammarino, M.; Casamassima, F.; type of food contamination.