peeled tomatoes under the assumption used in the present study. The
extrapolated concentrations at harvest are associated with great uncertainty
(Table 3), and will not be further discussed. If, however, they are
higher than at day three after harvest, the risk of eating freshly picked
tomatoes will consequently be larger.
For unprocessed tomatoes dimethoate and methyl parathion were
the two organophosphates contributing most to the chronic Hazard
Index. At day three, dimethoate contributed with 64% of the risk,
decreasing to 17% after 10 days of storage, due to its relatively fast
disappearance rate, whereas the contribution of methyl parathion
increased from contributing 36% to the risk at the day of harvest to
82% after 10 days due to its slower disappearance (Fig. 4).