Food test results
Pesticides found on water, untreated
Explore detected residues, tested samples and results over time.
2004–2013 · 10 tested years
Explore the data →Most commonly detected
Historical tests: 2004–2013. Each analyte uses its own tested count.
Atrazine80.6%2,265 / 2,810 tested
Prometon79.6%1,856 / 2,332 tested
Hydroxy atrazine77.4%1,099 / 1,419 tested
Detection frequency is not a health-risk ranking. Summary screen: at least 100 tests, 2 years and 10 detections.
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90.4%had at least one detected residue
108different analytes detected
2,542 of 2,811 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.
View all tested analytes ↓The tested count differs by analyte. A detection does not establish health risk.
Detection over time
Samples with at least one validated detection.
10 tested years between 2004 and 2013. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.
Read the yearly counts
| Year | Tested | Detected | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 381 | 258 | 67.7% |
| 2005 | 376 | 337 | 89.6% |
| 2006 | 369 | 331 | 89.7% |
| 2007 | 364 | 326 | 89.6% |
| 2008 | 309 | 309 | 100.0% |
| 2009 | 306 | 300 | 98.0% |
| 2010 | 283 | 283 | 100.0% |
| 2011 | 120 | 120 | 100.0% |
| 2012 | 253 | 228 | 90.1% |
| 2013 | 50 | 50 | 100.0% |
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.
0269
177
2115
3128
4131
5114
698
783
871
9130
10+1,595
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. origin100.0% · 2,811
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 282 analyte results
| Analyte | Tested | Detected | Rate | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,2,4-Triazole | 316 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| 1-Naphthol | 61 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| 2,4,5-T | 2,310 | 1 | 0.0% | — |
| 2,4,5-TP | 303 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| 2,4-D | 2,614 | 1,862 | 71.2% | Yearly results |
| 2,4-DB | 2,606 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| 3-Hydroxycarbofuran | 1,585 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Acetamiprid | 492 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Acetochlor | 2,801 | 188 | 6.7% | Yearly results |
| Acetochlor ethanesulfonic acid (ESA) | 2,542 | 1,032 | 40.6% | Yearly results |
| Acetochlor oxanilic acid (OA) | 2,662 | 972 | 36.5% | Yearly results |
| Acifluorfen | 272 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Alachlor | 2,806 | 13 | 0.5% | Yearly results |
| Alachlor ethanesulfonic acid (ESA) | 2,662 | 1,190 | 44.7% | Yearly results |
| Alachlor oxanilic acid (OA) | 2,662 | 839 | 31.5% | Yearly results |
| Aldicarb | 635 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Aldicarb sulfone | 740 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Aldicarb sulfoxide | 484 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Aldrin | 1,827 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Aminopyralid | 242 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Atrazine | 2,810 | 2,265 | 80.6% | Yearly results |
| Azinphos methyl | 1,981 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Azinphos methyl oxygen analog | 1,133 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Azoxystrobin | 492 | 209 | 42.5% | Yearly results |
| Barban | 120 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Bendiocarb | 99 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Benfluralin | 1,542 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Benomyl | 236 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Bensulfuron methyl | 2,317 | 1 | 0.0% | — |
| Bentazon | 2,483 | 1,187 | 47.8% | Yearly results |
| BHC alpha | 400 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Bifenthrin | 1,888 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Boscalid | 61 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Bromacil | 2,334 | 204 | 8.7% | Yearly results |
| Bromoxynil | 1,070 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Bromuconazole 46 (trans) | 1,275 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Bromuconazole 47 (cis) | 1,275 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Butachlor | 2,275 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Butylate | 1,827 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Carbaryl | 2,582 | 16 | 0.6% | Yearly results |
| Carbendazim (MBC) | 978 | 56 | 5.7% | Yearly results |
| Carbofuran | 2,701 | 11 | 0.4% | Yearly results |
| Carbophenothion | 901 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chloramben | 891 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorantraniliprole | 492 | 14 | 2.8% | Yearly results |
| Chlordane cis | 1,618 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlordane trans | 1,623 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorfenvinphos beta | 15 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorfenvinphos total | 2,573 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorimuron ethyl | 2,026 | 159 | 7.8% | Yearly results |
| Chlorothalonil | 612 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorpyrifos | 1,557 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorpyrifos methyl | 1,254 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorpyrifos oxygen analog | 303 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Chlorsulfuron | 242 | 1 | 0.4% | — |
| Clomazone | 61 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Clopyralid | 2,258 | 244 | 10.8% | Yearly results |
| Clothianidin | 492 | 26 | 5.3% | Yearly results |
| Coumaphos | 1,547 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Coumaphos oxygen analog | 687 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyanazine | 2,800 | 11 | 0.4% | Yearly results |
| Cycloate | 2,176 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyfluthrin | 1,768 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyhalothrin, Lambda | 235 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyhalothrin, Total (Cyhalothrin-L + R157836 epimer) | 1,184 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cypermethrin | 1,478 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyphenothrin | 1,072 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Cyproconazole | 1,214 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DCPA | 1,684 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DCPA monoacid | 900 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DDD o,p' | 912 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DDD p,p' | 915 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DDE o,p' | 469 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DDE p,p' | 1,381 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DDT o,p' | 918 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DDT p,p' | 921 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| DEF (Tribufos) | 366 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Deltamethrin (includes parent Tralomethrin) | 1,358 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Desethyl atrazine | 2,810 | 1,981 | 70.5% | Yearly results |
| Desethyl-desisopropyl atrazine | 303 | 58 | 19.1% | Yearly results |
| Desisopropyl atrazine | 2,461 | 1,295 | 52.6% | Yearly results |
| Diazinon | 2,387 | 2 | 0.1% | — |
| Diazinon oxygen analog | 1,315 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dibromochloropropane (DBCP) | 242 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dicamba | 1,272 | 5 | 0.4% | — |
| Dichlobenil | 1,447 | 4 | 0.3% | — |
| Dichlorprop | 2,048 | 24 | 1.2% | Yearly results |
| Dichlorvos (DDVP) | 971 | 2 | 0.2% | — |
| Dicloran | 917 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dicofol p,p' | 1,818 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dicrotophos | 687 | 3 | 0.4% | — |
| Dieldrin | 1,391 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Difenoconazole | 1,259 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Dimethenamid | 1,149 | 149 | 13.0% | Yearly results |
| Dimethenamid ethanesulfonic acid (ESA) | 298 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Dimethenamid oxanilic acid (OA) | 1,514 | 404 | 26.7% | Yearly results |
| Dimethenamid/Dimethenamid P | 1,658 | 322 | 19.4% | Yearly results |
| Dimethoate | 2,387 | 1 | 0.0% | — |
| Dinoseb | 1,979 | 19 | 1.0% | Yearly results |
| Dinotefuran | 61 | 1 | 1.6% | — |
| Diphenamid | 922 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Disulfoton | 2,629 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Disulfoton sulfone | 2,337 | 2 | 0.1% | — |
| Diuron | 2,293 | 481 | 21.0% | Yearly results |
| Endosulfan I | 1,352 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Endosulfan II | 1,386 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Endosulfan sulfate | 912 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Endrin | 1,633 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Epoxiconazole | 1,275 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| EPTC (S-ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate) | 2,780 | 10 | 0.4% | Yearly results |
| Esfenvalerate | 181 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Esfenvalerate+Fenvalerate Total | 1,358 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethalfluralin | 1,433 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethion | 2,612 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethion di oxon | 336 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethion mono oxon | 1,496 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Ethofumesate | 303 | 1 | 0.3% | — |
| Ethoprop | 2,607 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenamiphos | 1,310 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenamiphos sulfone | 687 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenamiphos sulfoxide | 687 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenarimol | 922 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenbuconazole | 1,867 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenitrothion | 2,607 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenitrothion oxygen analog | 687 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenpropathrin | 2,270 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenthion | 2,612 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenthion oxygen analog | 1,305 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fenuron | 1,187 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fipronil | 1,074 | 28 | 2.6% | Yearly results |
| Fludioxonil | 917 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Flufenacet | 237 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Flufenacet ethanesulfonic acid (ESA) | 237 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Flufenacet oxanilic acid (OA) | 1,277 | 71 | 5.6% | Yearly results |
| Flumetsulam | 2,315 | 11 | 0.5% | Yearly results |
| Fluometuron | 2,168 | 63 | 2.9% | Yearly results |
| Fluroxypyr-meptyl | 242 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fluvalinate (as Tau-Fluvalinate) | 1,358 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Fonofos | 979 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Halosulfuron methyl | 1,406 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Heptachlor | 772 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Heptachlor epoxide | 1,352 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Heptachlor epoxide cis | 303 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Heptachlor epoxide trans | 303 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) | 469 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Hexaconazole | 1,275 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Hexazinone | 492 | 34 | 6.9% | Yearly results |
| Hydroxy atrazine | 1,419 | 1,099 | 77.4% | Yearly results |
| Imazamethabenz acid | 1,419 | 83 | 5.8% | Yearly results |
| Imazamethabenz methyl | 2,606 | 22 | 0.8% | Yearly results |
| Imazamox | 2,334 | 7 | 0.3% | — |
| Imazapic | 2,334 | 54 | 2.3% | Yearly results |
| Imazapyr | 2,334 | 938 | 40.2% | Yearly results |
| Imazaquin | 2,476 | 53 | 2.1% | Yearly results |
| Imazethapyr | 2,606 | 287 | 11.0% | Yearly results |
| Imidacloprid | 2,201 | 244 | 11.1% | Yearly results |
| Iprodione | 64 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Isofenphos | 1,188 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Isoxaflutole | 61 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Isoxaflutole degradate | 61 | 1 | 1.6% | — |
| Lindane (BHC gamma) | 2,739 | 3 | 0.1% | — |
| Linuron | 2,646 | 4 | 0.2% | — |
| Malathion | 2,668 | 1 | 0.0% | — |
| Malathion oxygen analog | 1,221 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| MCPA | 2,689 | 315 | 11.7% | Yearly results |
| MCPB | 2,606 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Mecoprop (MCPP) | 575 | 140 | 24.3% | Yearly results |
| Mesotrione | 61 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Metalaxyl/Mefenoxam | 2,805 | 195 | 7.0% | Yearly results |
| Methidathion | 1,430 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methidathion oxygen analog | 913 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methiocarb | 1,277 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methomyl | 2,283 | 1 | 0.0% | — |
| Methoxychlor olefin | 1,164 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methoxychlor p,p' | 242 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Methoxychlor Total | 1,452 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Metolachlor | 2,806 | 1,423 | 50.7% | Yearly results |
| Metolachlor ethanesulfonic acid (ESA) | 2,662 | 1,962 | 73.7% | Yearly results |
| Metolachlor oxanilic acid (OA) | 2,662 | 1,476 | 55.4% | Yearly results |
| Metribuzin | 1,577 | 35 | 2.2% | Yearly results |
| Metribuzin DA | 61 | 1 | 1.6% | — |
| Metsulfuron methyl | 2,237 | 57 | 2.5% | Yearly results |
| Mevinphos E | 39 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Mevinphos Total | 874 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Molinate | 1,381 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Monuron | 1,187 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Myclobutanil | 2,540 | 9 | 0.4% | — |
| Napropamide | 1,387 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Neburon | 2,606 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Nicosulfuron | 2,085 | 122 | 5.9% | Yearly results |
| Norflurazon | 1,764 | 16 | 0.9% | Yearly results |
| Norflurazon desmethyl | 1,479 | 2 | 0.1% | — |
| Omethoate | 1,097 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oryzalin | 35 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxadiazon | 1,448 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Oxadixyl | 1,215 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxamyl | 1,539 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxychlordane | 1,279 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxydemeton methyl | 303 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxydemeton methyl sulfone | 626 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Oxyfluorfen | 1,386 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Parathion ethyl | 2,276 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Parathion methyl | 2,332 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Parathion methyl oxygen analog | 2,041 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Parathion oxygen analog | 1,249 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pebulate | 1,381 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pendimethalin | 1,103 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Permethrin cis | 1,888 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Permethrin trans | 1,419 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phenothrin | 1,072 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phenthoate | 902 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phorate | 2,387 | 1 | 0.0% | — |
| Phorate oxygen analog | 1,315 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phorate sulfone | 1,557 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phorate sulfoxide | 1,557 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phosalone | 1,254 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phosmet | 61 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Phosphamidon | 1,188 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Picloram | 2,606 | 21 | 0.8% | Yearly results |
| Piperonyl butoxide | 917 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Pirimicarb | 922 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Pirimiphos methyl | 1,254 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Prallethrin | 1,358 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Profenofos | 1,254 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Prometon | 2,332 | 1,856 | 79.6% | Yearly results |
| Prometryn | 2,806 | 268 | 9.6% | Yearly results |
| Pronamide (Propyzamide) | 1,267 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propachlor | 2,687 | 2 | 0.1% | — |
| Propachlor ESA | 61 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propachlor oxanilic acid (OA) | 1,277 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propanil | 2,603 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propargite | 908 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propazine | 1,792 | 273 | 15.2% | Yearly results |
| Propetamphos | 1,135 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propham | 911 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Propiconazole | 2,463 | 46 | 1.9% | Yearly results |
| Propoxur | 983 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Prosulfuron | 242 | 4 | 1.7% | — |
| Pyrasulfotole | 242 | 8 | 3.3% | — |
| Pyroxsulam | 242 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Quintozene (PCNB) | 897 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Resmethrin | 1,358 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| S-(2-hydroxy)propyl EPTC | 304 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Saflufenacil | 61 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Siduron | 2,334 | 26 | 1.1% | Yearly results |
| Simazine | 2,810 | 1,488 | 53.0% | Yearly results |
| Sulfometuron methyl | 2,196 | 144 | 6.6% | Yearly results |
| Sulfotep | 1,249 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Sulprofos | 1,254 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Sulprofos oxygen analog | 336 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tebuconazole | 2,341 | 56 | 2.4% | Yearly results |
| Tebupirimfos | 1,240 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tebupirimfos oxygen analog | 1,254 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tebuthiuron | 2,606 | 1,494 | 57.3% | Yearly results |
| Tecnazene | 893 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tefluthrin | 1,827 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tembotrione | 303 | 2 | 0.7% | — |
| Terbacil | 1,861 | 2 | 0.1% | — |
| Terbufos | 2,040 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Terbufos oxygen analog | 1,135 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Terbufos sulfone | 1,496 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Tetrachlorvinphos | 2,321 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tetraconazole | 1,928 | 51 | 2.6% | Yearly results |
| Tetradifon | 1,747 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tetramethrin | 1,358 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Thiamethoxam | 492 | 13 | 2.6% | Yearly results |
| Thifensulfuron | 1,353 | 4 | 0.3% | — |
| Thifensulfuron methyl | 61 | 3 | 4.9% | — |
| Thiobencarb | 2,335 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Thiodicarb | 12 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tolclofos methyl | 469 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tralomethrin | 120 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Tri Allate | 2,690 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Triadimefon | 2,599 | 7 | 0.3% | — |
| Triadimenol | 1,275 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Triasulfuron | 1,408 | 1 | 0.1% | — |
| Triazole acetic acid (TAA) | 336 | 3 | 0.9% | — |
| Triazole alanine (TA) | 351 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Triclopyr | 2,320 | 714 | 30.8% | Yearly results |
| Trifluralin | 1,419 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Triticonazole | 1,275 | 2 | 0.2% | — |
| Vinclozolin | 831 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
Unvalidated-only records (no validated rate): Isofenphos oxygen analog, Phosalone oxygen analog, Formetanate.
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Source: USDA Pesticide Data Program. Included annual releases: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.
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