What’s Detected?

Food × analyte

Malathion on strawberries

1998–2016 · 10 tested years

6,133samples tested
for this analyte
993samples with
a detection
16.2%of analyte-tested samples

Testing detected Malathion in 993 of 6,133 strawberries samples actually tested for this analyte. This percentage uses analyte-tested samples, not all 6,164 samples of this food.

Year-by-year results

Actual tested and detected sample counts.

0%25%50%75%100%1998: 14.1%, 86 of 610 tested samples1999: 12.3%, 79 of 640 tested samples2000: 17.8%, 92 of 518 tested samples2004: 20.9%, 153 of 731 tested samples2005: 15.9%, 117 of 737 tested samples2008: 24.6%, 182 of 741 tested samples2009: 21.5%, 160 of 744 tested samples2014: 10.8%, 19 of 176 tested samples2015: 10.2%, 72 of 706 tested samples2016: 6.2%, 33 of 530 tested samples199820072016

10 tested years between 1998 and 2016. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

Read the yearly counts
Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
19986108614.1%
19996407912.3%
20005189217.8%
2001Not tested——
2002Not tested——
2003Not tested——
200473115320.9%
200573711715.9%
2006Not tested——
2007Not tested——
200874118224.6%
200974416021.5%
2010Not tested——
2011Not tested——
2012Not tested——
2013Not tested——
20141761910.8%
20157067210.2%
2016530336.2%
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: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016.

How we count tests, detections and missing years →

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