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Pesticides found on sweet bell peppers

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1999–2021 · 11 tested years

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Most commonly detected

Historical tests: 1999–2021. Each analyte uses its own tested count.

Imidacloprid38.2%1,458 / 3,820 tested
Oxamyl oxime23.1%697 / 3,019 tested
Methamidophos21.5%1,284 / 5,960 tested

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

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5,984samples
tested
82.1%had at least one detected residue
142different analytes detected

4,914 of 5,984 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.

1,458 / 3,820 testedView yearly tests →
697 / 3,019 testedView yearly tests →
1,284 / 5,960 testedView yearly tests →
698 / 3,823 testedView yearly tests →
551 / 3,019 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%1999: 68.3%, 501 of 733 tested samples2000: 70.1%, 517 of 738 tested samples2002: 74.7%, 139 of 186 tested samples2003: 84.5%, 626 of 741 tested samples2004: 96.6%, 539 of 558 tested samples2010: 87.8%, 653 of 744 tested samples2011: 82.9%, 614 of 741 tested samples2012: 89.8%, 167 of 186 tested samples2019: 79.7%, 282 of 354 tested samples2020: 86.2%, 582 of 675 tested samples2021: 89.6%, 294 of 328 tested samples199920102021

11 tested years between 1999 and 2021. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

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Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
199973350168.3%
200073851770.1%
2001Not tested——
200218613974.7%
200374162684.5%
200455853996.6%
2005Not tested——
2006Not tested——
2007Not tested——
2008Not tested——
2009Not tested——
201074465387.8%
201174161482.9%
201218616789.8%
2013Not tested——
2014Not tested——
2015Not tested——
2016Not tested——
2017Not tested——
2018Not tested——
201935428279.7%
202067558286.2%
202132829489.6%
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
1,070
1
876
2
934
3
760
4
635
5
472
6
382
7
263
8
183
9
129
10+
280

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. origin63.2% · 3,779
Imported36.0% · 2,155
Unknown origin0.8% · 50

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 317 analyte results
Each rate has its own actual-tested denominator.
AnalyteTestedDetectedRateDetails
1-Naphthol69110.1%—
3-Hydroxycarbofuran5,972200.3%Yearly results
Acephate5,96090915.3%Yearly results
Acetamiprid3,0192869.5%Yearly results
Acibenzolar S methyl1,34800.0%—
Aldicarb5,97200.0%—
Aldicarb sulfone5,97200.0%—
Aldicarb sulfoxide5,90500.0%—
Aldrin4,03200.0%—
Allethrin3,20710.0%—
Allidochlor7500.0%—
Ametoctradin1,348120.9%Yearly results
Ametryn1,45500.0%—
Amitraz4500.0%—
Anilazine28100.0%—
Aspon1,35700.0%—
Atrazine4,31000.0%—
Azinphos ethyl22400.0%—
Azinphos methyl5,981110.2%Yearly results
Azinphos methyl oxygen analog3,01900.0%—
Azoxystrobin3,01955118.3%Yearly results
Bendiocarb3,01900.0%—
Benomyl1,278362.8%Yearly results
Benoxacor2,99700.0%—
Bensulide1,34800.0%—
Bentazon1,67100.0%—
Benthiavalicarb isopropyl1,67100.0%—
BHC alpha3,86700.0%—
BHC beta1,54800.0%—
BHC delta11600.0%—
Bifenazate3,019220.7%Yearly results
Bifenthrin5,08058411.5%Yearly results
Bitertanol1,34800.0%—
Boscalid3,01933911.2%Yearly results
Bromacil10700.0%—
Bromopropylate1,35700.0%—
Bupirimate1,35700.0%—
Buprofezin3,019311.0%Yearly results
Butocarboxim1,34800.0%—
Captafol39000.0%—
Captan5,5621021.8%Yearly results
Carbaryl5,9723606.0%Yearly results
Carbendazim (MBC)3,5771895.3%Yearly results
Carbofuran5,956300.5%Yearly results
Carbophenothion1,66200.0%—
Carboxin1,35700.0%—
Carfentrazone ethyl3,02800.0%—
Chlorantraniliprole1,348151.1%Yearly results
Chlordane cis4,73420.0%—
Chlordane trans4,74900.0%—
Chlorfenapyr3,0282167.1%Yearly results
Chlorfenvinphos alpha17700.0%—
Chlorfenvinphos beta92000.0%—
Chlorfenvinphos total2,09900.0%—
Chlorothalonil2,4491315.3%Yearly results
Chlorpropham4,310380.9%Yearly results
Chlorpyrifos5,98165110.9%Yearly results
Chlorpyrifos methyl17700.0%—
Chlorpyrifos oxygen analog3,01900.0%—
Clethodim1,34800.0%—
Clomazone4,48110.0%—
Clothianidin3,01935311.7%Yearly results
Coumaphos3,01900.0%—
Coumaphos oxygen analog1,66200.0%—
Cumyluron1,34800.0%—
Cyazofamid1,67120.1%—
Cyflufenamid1,34800.0%—
Cyfluthrin4,851761.6%Yearly results
Cyhalothrin, Total (Cyhalothrin-L + R157836 epimer)4,5131994.4%Yearly results
Cymoxanil3,01900.0%—
Cypermethrin4,8691753.6%Yearly results
Cyphenothrin3,02800.0%—
Cyprodinil3,028280.9%Yearly results
Cyromazine1,392312.2%Yearly results
DCPA5,981340.6%Yearly results
DDD o,p'1,66200.0%—
DDD p,p'5,27400.0%—
DDE o,p'14700.0%—
DDE p,p'5,981420.7%Yearly results
DDT o,p'1,66200.0%—
DDT p,p'3,55900.0%—
DEF (Tribufos)17700.0%—
Deltamethrin (includes parent Tralomethrin)4,481220.5%Yearly results
Demeton-S sulfone92020.2%—
Desmedipham1,23500.0%—
Diazinon5,972300.5%Yearly results
Diazinon oxygen analog3,74800.0%—
Dichlobenil2,81200.0%—
Dichlorvos (DDVP)5,94370.1%—
Dicloran5,98140.1%—
Dicofol o,p'3,3241725.2%Yearly results
Dicofol p,p'4,6103978.6%Yearly results
Dieldrin5,96400.0%—
Difenoconazole3,0192799.2%Yearly results
Diflubenzuron3,156331.0%Yearly results
Dimethenamid1,35700.0%—
Dimethoate5,9582654.4%Yearly results
Dimethomorph2,833120.4%Yearly results
Dinotefuran3,0192117.0%Yearly results
Diphenamid3,02100.0%—
Diphenylamine (DPA)5,981180.3%Yearly results
Disulfoton4,29500.0%—
Disulfoton sulfone4,28650.1%—
Diuron89100.0%—
Emamectin benzoate1,90400.0%—
Endosulfan I5,9565248.8%Yearly results
Endosulfan II5,9575859.8%Yearly results
Endosulfan sulfate5,9575439.1%Yearly results
Endrin3,20700.0%—
EPTC (S-ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate)3,82400.0%—
Esfenvalerate2,632522.0%Yearly results
Esfenvalerate+Fenvalerate Total1,853432.3%Yearly results
Ethalfluralin1,64700.0%—
Ethiofencarb2,89200.0%—
Ethion5,957280.5%Yearly results
Ethion di oxon17700.0%—
Ethion mono oxon1,76920.1%—
Ethoprop3,57160.2%—
Etoxazole1,34840.3%—
Etridiazole3,00820.1%—
Famoxadone1,671553.3%Yearly results
Fenamidone3,01910.0%—
Fenamiphos5,97200.0%—
Fenamiphos sulfone5,95800.0%—
Fenamiphos sulfoxide5,35810.0%—
Fenarimol4,49700.0%—
Fenbuconazole4,03010.0%—
Fenhexamid3,019391.3%Yearly results
Fenitrothion1,66200.0%—
Fenitrothion oxygen analog17700.0%—
Fenpropathrin4,690721.5%Yearly results
Fenpropimorph1,34800.0%—
Fenpyroximate1,348544.0%Yearly results
Fenthion3,01910.0%—
Fenvalerate2,457773.1%Yearly results
Fipronil1,35720.1%—
Flonicamid1,34816111.9%Yearly results
Fludioxonil4,620400.9%Yearly results
Flufenacet1,35700.0%—
Flumioxazin3,02800.0%—
Fluopicolide1,348483.6%Yearly results
Fluopyram1,34822416.6%Yearly results
Fluoxastrobin3,01980.3%—
Fluquinconazole1,34800.0%—
Fluridone4,46900.0%—
Flusilazole1,35700.0%—
Fluvalinate (as Tau-Fluvalinate)3,02800.0%—
Folpet2,75610.0%—
Fonofos4,20200.0%—
Fonofos oxygen analog62200.0%—
Forchlorfenuron2,07410.0%—
Formetanate hydrochloride3,01900.0%—
Furathiocarb1,34800.0%—
Halosulfuron1,67100.0%—
Halosulfuron methyl1,34800.0%—
Heptachlor5,80900.0%—
Heptachlor epoxide5,82500.0%—
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)2,82500.0%—
Hexaconazole1,34800.0%—
Hexazinone10700.0%—
Hexythiazox3,02020.1%—
Imazalil5,97210.0%—
Imidacloprid3,8201,45838.2%Yearly results
Imidacloprid urea1,67100.0%—
Imiprothrin3,01900.0%—
Indoxacarb3,019230.8%Yearly results
Iprodione4,29480.2%—
Iprodione metabolite isomer1,56110.1%—
Iprovalicarb1,67100.0%—
Isofenphos1,35700.0%—
Isoprothiolane1,35700.0%—
Kresoxim-methyl2,20100.0%—
Lambda cyhalothrin S ester7845.1%—
Lambda cyhalothrin total28331.1%—
Lenacil1,35700.0%—
Lindane (BHC gamma)4,31010.0%—
Linuron3,18200.0%—
Malathion5,957470.8%Yearly results
Malathion oxygen analog5,41900.0%—
Mandipropamid3,019311.0%Yearly results
Mefenacet1,35700.0%—
Metalaxyl/Mefenoxam5,77178713.6%Yearly results
Methamidophos5,9601,28421.5%Yearly results
Methidathion5,97200.0%—
Methiocarb3,29910.0%—
Methomyl5,97260310.1%Yearly results
Methoprene1,48500.0%—
Methoxychlor olefin1,56000.0%—
Methoxychlor p,p'2,16900.0%—
Methoxychlor Total2,10100.0%—
Methoxyfenozide3,0191876.2%Yearly results
Metolachlor5,20700.0%—
Metrafenone1,34810.1%—
Metribuzin1,47410.1%—
Mevinphos E2,21610.0%—
Mevinphos Total3,75000.0%—
Mevinphos Z1,27400.0%—
MGK-2641,34800.0%—
Monocrotophos3,01900.0%—
Myclobutanil5,98165110.9%Yearly results
Napropamide4,50480.2%—
Norflurazon5,94000.0%—
Norflurazon desmethyl5,97220.0%—
Novaluron1,348856.3%Yearly results
o-Phenylphenol4,194801.9%Yearly results
Omethoate5,9392674.5%Yearly results
Oryzalin1,34800.0%—
Oxadixyl3,04400.0%—
Oxamyl5,9725789.7%Yearly results
Oxamyl oxime3,01969723.1%Yearly results
Oxychlordane1,66000.0%—
Oxydemeton methyl3,01910.0%—
Oxydemeton methyl sulfone4,28620.0%—
Oxyfluorfen2,58200.0%—
Paclobutrazol1,35700.0%—
Parathion ethyl5,98100.0%—
Parathion methyl5,98160.1%—
Parathion methyl oxygen analog1,87300.0%—
Parathion oxygen analog2,40000.0%—
Pebulate1,35700.0%—
Penconazole1,35700.0%—
Pencycuron1,34800.0%—
Pendimethalin3,72240.1%—
Penoxsulam1,34800.0%—
Pentachloroaniline (PCA)1,35730.2%—
Pentachlorobenzene (PCB)4,27800.0%—
Pentachlorophenyl methyl sulfide (PCPMS)1,35700.0%—
Penthiopyrad1,348644.7%Yearly results
Permethrin cis4,4454259.6%Yearly results
Permethrin Total1,536754.9%Yearly results
Permethrin trans4,4454329.7%Yearly results
Phenmedipham1,23500.0%—
Phenothrin3,02800.0%—
Phenthoate1,56010.1%—
Phorate4,29500.0%—
Phorate oxygen analog1,66200.0%—
Phorate oxygen analog sulfone17700.0%—
Phorate sulfone4,29500.0%—
Phorate sulfoxide3,17400.0%—
Phosalone5,29000.0%—
Phosmet5,98100.0%—
Phosmet oxygen analog1,67100.0%—
Phosphamidon4,28600.0%—
Piperonyl butoxide5,563450.8%Yearly results
Pirimicarb2,88530.1%—
Pirimicarb desmethyl1,34800.0%—
Pirimiphos methyl3,88930.1%—
Prallethrin3,8561594.1%Yearly results
Prochloraz1,35700.0%—
Procymidone3,41800.0%—
Profenofos3,18900.0%—
Prometryn1,50300.0%—
Pronamide (Propyzamide)5,98110.0%—
Propamocarb1,348916.8%Yearly results
Propargite5,96200.0%—
Propetamphos3,74500.0%—
Propiconazole4,37010.0%—
Propiconazole I7100.0%—
Propiconazole II7100.0%—
Prothiofos1,33000.0%—
Pymetrozine4,30080.2%—
Pyraclostrobin3,01961220.3%Yearly results
Pyrazophos1,34800.0%—
Pyrethrins1,67100.0%—
Pyridaben3,02810.0%—
Pyrimethanil3,01940.1%—
Pyriproxyfen3,676872.4%Yearly results
Quinalphos1,35700.0%—
Quinoxyfen1,348161.2%Yearly results
Quintozene (PCNB)5,94910.0%—
Resmethrin3,58500.0%—
Resmethrin cis64800.0%—
Resmethrin trans64800.0%—
Rimsulfuron1,32800.0%—
Saflufenacil1,32800.0%—
Sethoxydim1,57600.0%—
Simazine4,62400.0%—
Simetryn1,35700.0%—
Spinetoram2,275110.5%Yearly results
Spinosad1,335171.3%Yearly results
Spinosad A1,671482.9%Yearly results
Spinosad D1,67160.4%—
Spirodiclofen3,01900.0%—
Spiromesifen1,34818113.4%Yearly results
Spirotetramat1,34830.2%—
Spiroxamine1,34800.0%—
Sulfentrazone3,02800.0%—
Sulprofos1,66200.0%—
Tebuconazole4,708551.2%Yearly results
Tebufenozide4,3941774.0%Yearly results
Tebufenpyrad1,35700.0%—
Tecnazene2,87900.0%—
Tefluthrin3,02800.0%—
TEPP1,48500.0%—
Terbacil4,31000.0%—
Terbufos2,93800.0%—
Terbufos sulfone2,93800.0%—
Terbuthylazine1,35700.0%—
Tetrachlorvinphos2,95300.0%—
Tetradifon4,29400.0%—
Tetrahydrophthalimide (THPI)42740.9%—
Tetramethrin3,02800.0%—
Thiabendazole5,9751592.7%Yearly results
Thiacloprid3,019792.6%Yearly results
Thiamethoxam3,82369818.3%Yearly results
Tri Allate1,37100.0%—
Triadimefon5,88700.0%—
Triadimenol3,02810.0%—
Triazophos1,35700.0%—
Trifloxystrobin3,019872.9%Yearly results
Triflumizole3,01940.1%—
Trifluralin5,96610.0%—
Triforine80400.0%—
Triticonazole1,34800.0%—
Vernolate1,34800.0%—
Vinclozolin5,98160.1%—
Zoxamide1,34800.0%—
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About these results

Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021.

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