Penthiopyrad is a widely used succinic dehydrogenase
inhibitor
fungicide with two enantiomers, while the data on its enantioselective
behaviors in crops are limited. The enantioselective dissipation may
directly or indirectly expose people to the preferentially residual
enantiomer, which may affect the dietary risks of chiral penthiopyrad.
In this study, the enantioselective behaviors of chiral penthiopyrad
in five kinds of crops and whole-age dietary risk assessments were
conducted. The dissipation half-lives of penthiopyrad enantiomers
were in the range of 0.48–13.7 days. S-(+)-Penthiopyrad
was preferentially dissipated in soybean plants, soybean, peanut kernel,
peanut shell, celery, tomato, and soil, which was opposite in cabbage.
The opposite enantioselective residue might expose people to different
enantiomer, which bring more complex risks. On the 35th day (the harvest
time), the residue concentrations of penthiopyrad were all lower than
MRLs except celery. For acute dietary intake risks, the children aged
2–7 suffered the highest risks, especially for cabbage (RQa, 138%) and celery (RQa, 140%), which were unacceptable.
For other people, the acute dietary intake risks of rac-penthiopyrad in cabbage and celery were also very high and in the
range of 88.6–94.8%, which should raise concern. The chronic
dietary intake risks of rac-penthiopyrad in the all
crops for groups of Chinese population with different ages and genders
were acceptable (HQ, 0.0006–29.1%), and the risks were the
highest in celery, especially for children aged 2–7. This study
could provide data support for the environmental behaviors and risk
assessments of penthiopyrad at the enantiomeric level.