What’s Detected?

Food × analyte

2,4-D on water, finished

2002–2013 · 12 tested years

3,150samples tested
for this analyte
1,892samples with
a detection
60.1%of analyte-tested samples

Testing detected 2,4-D in 1,892 of 3,150 water, finished samples actually tested for this analyte. This percentage uses analyte-tested samples, not all 4,584 samples of this food.

Year-by-year results

Actual tested and detected sample counts.

0%25%50%75%100%2002: 16.5%, 38 of 230 tested samples2003: 24.3%, 78 of 321 tested samples2004: 35.4%, 134 of 379 tested samples2005: 83.0%, 220 of 265 tested samples2006: 62.7%, 180 of 287 tested samples2007: 51.8%, 191 of 369 tested samples2008: 84.5%, 261 of 309 tested samples2009: 81.4%, 249 of 306 tested samples2010: 78.9%, 224 of 284 tested samples2011: 59.3%, 70 of 118 tested samples2012: 85.3%, 198 of 232 tested samples2013: 98.0%, 49 of 50 tested samples200220072013

12 tested years between 2002 and 2013. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

Read the yearly counts
Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
20022303816.5%
20033217824.3%
200437913435.4%
200526522083.0%
200628718062.7%
200736919151.8%
200830926184.5%
200930624981.4%
201028422478.9%
20111187059.3%
201223219885.3%
2013504998.0%
Testing panels and detection limits change. These observations do not establish a causal trend.
All results for Water, Finished →2,4-D across foods →

About these results

Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.

How we count tests, detections and missing years →

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