What’s Detected?

Food × analyte

DDT on potatoes

1994–1995 · 2 tested years

889samples tested
for this analyte
60samples with
a detection
6.7%of analyte-tested samples

Testing detected DDT in 60 of 889 potatoes samples actually tested for this analyte. This percentage uses analyte-tested samples, not all 7,191 samples of this food.

Year-by-year results

Actual tested and detected sample counts.

0%25%50%75%100%1994: 3.8%, 19 of 496 tested samples1995: 10.4%, 41 of 393 tested samples19941995

2 tested years between 1994 and 1995. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

Read the yearly counts
Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
1994496193.8%
19953934110.4%
Testing panels and detection limits change. These observations do not establish a causal trend.
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About these results

Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 1994, 1995.

How we count tests, detections and missing years →

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