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Pesticides found on collard greens

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2006–2020 · 5 tested years

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Most commonly detected

Historical tests: 2006–2020. Each analyte uses its own tested count.

DCPA36.7%336 / 915 tested
Azoxystrobin27.5%380 / 1,380 tested
Imidacloprid27.5%379 / 1,380 tested

Detection frequency is not a health-risk ranking. Summary screen: at least 100 tests, 2 years and 10 detections.

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1,380samples
tested
82.1%had at least one detected residue
106different analytes detected

1,133 of 1,380 samples had a validated detection. Historical results, not a safety score.

Most commonly detected

Percent of samples actually tested for each analyte. Shown: at least 100 tests, 2 years and 10 detections.

DCPA36.7%
336 / 915 testedView yearly tests →
380 / 1,380 testedView yearly tests →
379 / 1,380 testedView yearly tests →
31 / 134 testedView yearly tests →
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The tested count differs by analyte. A detection does not establish health risk.

Detection over time

Samples with at least one validated detection.

0%25%50%75%100%2006: 73.3%, 63 of 86 tested samples2007: 79.6%, 281 of 353 tested samples2008: 80.0%, 192 of 240 tested samples2019: 87.7%, 164 of 187 tested samples2020: 84.2%, 433 of 514 tested samples200620132020

5 tested years between 2006 and 2020. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

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Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
2006866373.3%
200735328179.6%
200824019280.0%
2009Not tested——
2010Not tested——
2011Not tested——
2012Not tested——
2013Not tested——
2014Not tested——
2015Not tested——
2016Not tested——
2017Not tested——
2018Not tested——
201918716487.7%
202051443384.2%
Testing panels and detection limits change. These observations do not establish a causal trend.

How many were detected?

Number of distinct analytes per tested sample.

0
247
1
269
2
203
3
134
4
147
5
123
6
70
7
56
8
46
9
22
10+
63

Labels show analytes; counts show samples. Metabolites and isomers remain separate. This is not a count of pesticide products applied.

Where samples came from

Origin recorded by USDA.

U.S. origin95.9% · 1,323
Imported1.6% · 22
Unknown origin2.5% · 35

Origin describes the sampled food. These shares do not compare countries’ residue levels.

All tested analytes

Zero detections here means tested with no validated detection. It does not describe analytes that were never tested.

Open 235 analyte results
Each rate has its own actual-tested denominator.
AnalyteTestedDetectedRateDetails
1-Naphthol1,10620.2%—
3-Hydroxycarbofuran1,16600.0%—
Acephate1,17930.3%—
Acetamiprid1,3801057.6%Yearly results
Acetochlor70100.0%—
Aldicarb89500.0%—
Aldicarb sulfone70100.0%—
Aldicarb sulfoxide70100.0%—
Aldrin91500.0%—
Ametryn46500.0%—
Atrazine701344.9%Yearly results
Azinphos methyl1,15600.0%—
Azinphos methyl oxygen analog70100.0%—
Azoxystrobin1,38038027.5%Yearly results
Bendiocarb1,38000.0%—
Benfluralin70100.0%—
Benoxacor70100.0%—
Bensulide70110.1%—
Bensulide oxygen analog70120.3%—
BHC alpha91500.0%—
BHC beta70100.0%—
Bifenthrin91515516.9%Yearly results
Bitertanol46500.0%—
Boscalid1,38020414.8%Yearly results
Bromacil70110.1%—
Buprofezin70130.4%—
Captan1815.6%—
Carbaryl1,35570.5%—
Carbendazim (MBC)1,16610.1%—
Carbofuran1,16600.0%—
Carfentrazone ethyl1,38000.0%—
Chlorantraniliprole70113819.7%Yearly results
Chlordane cis91500.0%—
Chlordane trans91500.0%—
Chlorfenapyr70100.0%—
Chlorothalonil706223.1%Yearly results
Chlorpropham1,16610.1%—
Chlorpyrifos1,380241.7%Yearly results
Chlorpyrifos oxygen analog67210.1%—
Clomazone70100.0%—
Clothianidin1,16611710.0%Yearly results
Coumaphos70100.0%—
Coumaphos oxygen analog70100.0%—
Cyfluthrin1,31117713.5%Yearly results
Cyhalothrin, Lambda21494.2%—
Cyhalothrin, Lambda epimer R15783621431.4%—
Cyhalothrin, Total (Cyhalothrin-L + R157836 epimer)1,166282.4%Yearly results
Cymoxanil70110.1%—
Cypermethrin1,36824618.0%Yearly results
Cyphenothrin70100.0%—
Cyproconazole70100.0%—
Cyprodinil1,380100.7%Yearly results
DCPA91533636.7%Yearly results
DDD o,p'67010.1%—
DDD p,p'88400.0%—
DDE o,p'67000.0%—
DDE p,p'884434.9%Yearly results
DDT p,p'214104.7%Yearly results
Deltamethrin (includes parent Tralomethrin)1,35900.0%—
Diazinon1,372201.5%Yearly results
Diazinon oxygen analog65020.3%—
Dichlobenil1,08100.0%—
Dichlorvos (DDVP)1,37200.0%—
Diclofop methyl70100.0%—
Dicloran1,13110.1%—
Dicofol p,p'67000.0%—
Dieldrin91520.2%—
Difenoconazole701202.9%Yearly results
Diflubenzuron70100.0%—
Dimethenamid70100.0%—
Dimethoate1,380171.2%Yearly results
Dimethomorph915829.0%Yearly results
Dinotefuran1,246241.9%Yearly results
Diphenylamine (DPA)1,16600.0%—
Disulfoton oxygen analog70100.0%—
Disulfoton sulfone70100.0%—
Disulfoton sulfoxide70100.0%—
Diuron66920.3%—
Emamectin benzoate70120.3%—
Endosulfan I91530.3%—
Endosulfan II91510.1%—
Endosulfan sulfate1,371433.1%Yearly results
Endrin91500.0%—
Esfenvalerate8033.8%—
Esfenvalerate+Fenvalerate Total1,278120.9%Yearly results
Ethalfluralin70100.0%—
Ethiofencarb46500.0%—
Ethion46500.0%—
Ethoprop46500.0%—
Etofenprox70100.0%—
Famoxadone70340.6%—
Fenamidone781627.9%Yearly results
Fenamiphos46500.0%—
Fenamiphos sulfone46500.0%—
Fenamiphos sulfoxide46500.0%—
Fenazaquin43000.0%—
Fenbuconazole1,16600.0%—
Fenhexamid70100.0%—
Fenpropathrin91500.0%—
Fenpropimorph63710.2%—
Fenpyroximate70100.0%—
Fenthion46500.0%—
Fenvalerate8000.0%—
Fipronil sulfone (MB46136)70100.0%—
Flonicamid753182.4%Yearly results
Flubendiamide64171.1%—
Fludioxonil1,38040.3%—
Flufenoxuron70100.0%—
Flumioxazin70100.0%—
Fluopicolide70117024.3%Yearly results
Fluopyram7018512.1%Yearly results
Fluquinconazole70100.0%—
Fluridone1,38000.0%—
Flusilazole24300.0%—
Flutolanil67000.0%—
Flutriafol701152.1%Yearly results
Fluvalinate (as Tau-Fluvalinate)70100.0%—
Fonofos46500.0%—
Heptachlor91510.1%—
Heptachlor epoxide91500.0%—
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)67000.0%—
Hexaconazole46500.0%—
Hexythiazox70100.0%—
Imazalil1,16600.0%—
Imazethapyr70100.0%—
Imidacloprid1,38037927.5%Yearly results
Imiprothrin70100.0%—
Indaziflam70100.0%—
Indoxacarb1,3801087.8%Yearly results
Iprodione70100.0%—
Kresoxim-methyl70100.0%—
Lindane (BHC gamma)70100.0%—
Linuron782111.4%Yearly results
Malathion1,38080.6%—
Malathion oxygen analog1,38010.1%—
Mandipropamid7019213.1%Yearly results
Metalaxyl/Mefenoxam1,380634.6%Yearly results
Methamidophos1,16640.3%—
Methidathion70100.0%—
Methiocarb46500.0%—
Methomyl1,352181.3%Yearly results
Methoxychlor p,p'33100.0%—
Methoxyfenozide1,38021215.4%Yearly results
Metolachlor1,36210.1%—
Metribuzin70171.0%—
Mevinphos Total46500.0%—
MGK-26470100.0%—
Mirex70100.0%—
Monocrotophos46500.0%—
Myclobutanil1,38010.1%—
Napropamide67900.0%—
Norflurazon1,16600.0%—
Norflurazon desmethyl1,16610.1%—
Novaluron70130.4%—
o-Phenylphenol1,344181.3%Yearly results
Omethoate1,16430.3%—
Oryzalin1,15500.0%—
Oxadiazon70100.0%—
Oxamyl1,15640.3%—
Oxamyl oxime70110.1%—
Oxydemeton methyl70100.0%—
Oxydemeton methyl sulfone1,16600.0%—
Oxyfluorfen70100.0%—
Parathion ethyl70100.0%—
Parathion methyl1,16600.0%—
Parathion methyl oxygen analog70100.0%—
Pendimethalin1,17170.6%—
Pentachloroaniline (PCA)1,15710.1%—
Pentachlorobenzene (PCB)1,35000.0%—
Pentachlorophenyl methyl sulfide (PCPMS)45600.0%—
Permethrin cis915182.0%Yearly results
Permethrin Total4655912.7%Yearly results
Permethrin trans915171.9%Yearly results
Phenothrin70100.0%—
Phorate sulfone24100.0%—
Phorate sulfoxide70100.0%—
Phosalone70100.0%—
Phosmet1,16610.1%—
Phosmet oxygen analog70100.0%—
Piperonyl butoxide1,38090.7%—
Pirimicarb46500.0%—
Pirimiphos methyl70100.0%—
Prallethrin1,38000.0%—
Procymidone70100.0%—
Profenofos70100.0%—
Pronamide (Propyzamide)701142.0%Yearly results
Propamocarb hydrochloride70150.7%—
Propargite70110.1%—
Propetamphos1,37200.0%—
Propiconazole70120.3%—
Propiconazole I22100.0%—
Propiconazole II22100.0%—
Pyraclostrobin1,38027820.1%Yearly results
Pyraflufen ethyl70100.0%—
Pyridaben70100.0%—
Pyrimethanil1,16600.0%—
Pyriproxyfen915101.1%Yearly results
Quinoxyfen70100.0%—
Quintozene (PCNB)67020.3%—
Resmethrin58600.0%—
Resmethrin cis8000.0%—
Resmethrin trans78100.0%—
Saflufenacil70100.0%—
Sethoxydim70100.0%—
Simazine78100.0%—
Spinetoram685679.8%Yearly results
Spinosad1343123.1%Yearly results
Spinosad A1,245665.3%Yearly results
Spinosad D371277.3%Yearly results
Spirodiclofen70100.0%—
Spiromesifen79230.4%—
Spiromesifen Total (parent + enol metabolite)29300.0%—
Spirotetramat701223.1%Yearly results
Spiroxamine67600.0%—
Tebuconazole701131.9%Yearly results
Tebufenozide1,36990.7%—
Tefluthrin70100.0%—
Terbacil70100.0%—
Tetraconazole70100.0%—
Tetradifon70100.0%—
Tetrahydrophthalimide (THPI)91530.3%—
Tetramethrin70100.0%—
Thiabendazole1,13520.2%—
Thiacloprid70100.0%—
Thiamethoxam1,24615712.6%Yearly results
Thiazopyr70100.0%—
Thiobencarb70100.0%—
Thiodicarb70100.0%—
Trichlorfon70100.0%—
Trifloxystrobin1,16670.6%—
Trifloxysulfuron70100.0%—
Triflumizole1,38020.1%—
Trifluralin1,380171.2%Yearly results
Triforine70100.0%—
Vinclozolin70100.0%—
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About these results

Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2019, 2020.

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