What’s Detected?

Food × analyte

MCPA on water, finished

2001–2013 · 13 tested years

3,445samples tested
for this analyte
281samples with
a detection
8.2%of analyte-tested samples

Testing detected MCPA in 281 of 3,445 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%2001: 0.0%, 0 of 163 tested samples2002: 1.4%, 4 of 285 tested samples2003: 0.0%, 0 of 321 tested samples2004: 0.0%, 0 of 379 tested samples2005: 0.4%, 1 of 264 tested samples2006: 1.9%, 7 of 365 tested samples2007: 7.0%, 26 of 369 tested samples2008: 14.9%, 46 of 309 tested samples2009: 15.4%, 47 of 306 tested samples2010: 13.4%, 38 of 284 tested samples2011: 0.8%, 1 of 118 tested samples2012: 41.4%, 96 of 232 tested samples2013: 30.0%, 15 of 50 tested samples200120072013

13 tested years between 2001 and 2013. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

Read the yearly counts
Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
200116300.0%
200228541.4%
200332100.0%
200437900.0%
200526410.4%
200636571.9%
2007369267.0%
20083094614.9%
20093064715.4%
20102843813.4%
201111810.8%
20122329641.4%
2013501530.0%
Testing panels and detection limits change. These observations do not establish a causal trend.
All results for Water, Finished →MCPA across foods →

About these results

Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.

How we count tests, detections and missing years →

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