What’s Detected?

Food × analyte

Alachlor ethanesulfonic acid (ESA) on water, untreated

2004–2013 · 10 tested years

2,662samples tested
for this analyte
1,190samples with
a detection
44.7%of analyte-tested samples

Testing detected Alachlor ethanesulfonic acid (ESA) in 1,190 of 2,662 water, untreated samples actually tested for this analyte. This percentage uses analyte-tested samples, not all 2,811 samples of this food.

Year-by-year results

Actual tested and detected sample counts.

0%25%50%75%100%2004: 36.0%, 85 of 236 tested samples2005: 51.3%, 193 of 376 tested samples2006: 24.4%, 90 of 369 tested samples2007: 32.2%, 117 of 363 tested samples2008: 55.8%, 172 of 308 tested samples2009: 46.9%, 143 of 305 tested samples2010: 41.8%, 118 of 282 tested samples2011: 35.8%, 43 of 120 tested samples2012: 74.7%, 189 of 253 tested samples2013: 80.0%, 40 of 50 tested samples200420082013

10 tested years between 2004 and 2013. Gaps mean no validated tests in this release.

Read the yearly counts
Percentages use the samples actually tested in each year.
YearTestedDetectedRate
20042368536.0%
200537619351.3%
20063699024.4%
200736311732.2%
200830817255.8%
200930514346.9%
201028211841.8%
20111204335.8%
201225318974.7%
2013504080.0%
Testing panels and detection limits change. These observations do not establish a causal trend.
All results for Water, Untreated →Alachlor ethanesulfonic acid (ESA) across foods →

About these results

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

How we count tests, detections and missing years →

Other analytes on this food

AtrazineDesethyl atrazineMetolachlor ethanesulfonic acid (ESA)2,4-D