What’s Detected?

Food × analyte

DDE on spinach

1995–1997 · 3 tested years

1,639samples tested
for this analyte
813samples with
a detection
49.6%of analyte-tested samples

Testing detected DDE in 813 of 1,639 spinach samples actually tested for this analyte. This percentage uses analyte-tested samples, not all 6,187 samples of this food.

Year-by-year results

Actual tested and detected sample counts.

0%25%50%75%100%1995: 49.2%, 300 of 610 tested samples1996: 58.2%, 301 of 517 tested samples1997: 41.4%, 212 of 512 tested samples199519961997

3 tested years between 1995 and 1997. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

Read the yearly counts
Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
199561030049.2%
199651730158.2%
199751221241.4%
Testing panels and detection limits change. These observations do not establish a causal trend.
All results for Spinach →DDE across foods →

About these results

Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 1995, 1996, 1997.

How we count tests, detections and missing years →

Other analytes on this food

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