What’s Detected?

Food × analyte

Desethyl atrazine on water, groundwater

2007–2013 · 7 tested years

1,830samples tested
for this analyte
410samples with
a detection
22.4%of analyte-tested samples

Testing detected Desethyl atrazine in 410 of 1,830 water, groundwater samples actually tested for this analyte. This percentage uses analyte-tested samples, not all 1,835 samples of this food.

Year-by-year results

Actual tested and detected sample counts.

0%25%50%75%100%2007: 12.5%, 34 of 272 tested samples2008: 6.8%, 17 of 249 tested samples2009: 18.0%, 50 of 278 tested samples2010: 4.8%, 12 of 250 tested samples2011: 42.8%, 258 of 603 tested samples2012: 22.6%, 37 of 164 tested samples2013: 14.3%, 2 of 14 tested samples200720102013

7 tested years between 2007 and 2013. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

Read the yearly counts
Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
20072723412.5%
2008249176.8%
20092785018.0%
2010250124.8%
201160325842.8%
20121643722.6%
201314214.3%
Testing panels and detection limits change. These observations do not establish a causal trend.
All results for Water, Groundwater →Desethyl atrazine across foods →

About these results

Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.

How we count tests, detections and missing years →

Other analytes on this food

Metolachlor ethanesulfonic acid (ESA)Metolachlor oxanilic acid (OA)Alachlor ethanesulfonic acid (ESA)Hydroxy atrazine