What’s Detected?

Food × analyte

Metsulfuron methyl on water, untreated

2004–2013 · 10 tested years

2,237samples tested
for this analyte
57samples with
a detection
2.5%of analyte-tested samples

Testing detected Metsulfuron methyl in 57 of 2,237 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: 0.0%, 0 of 242 tested samples2005: 1.7%, 4 of 237 tested samples2006: 0.0%, 0 of 229 tested samples2007: 0.0%, 0 of 227 tested samples2008: 0.3%, 1 of 300 tested samples2009: 0.7%, 2 of 297 tested samples2010: 2.8%, 8 of 282 tested samples2011: 0.0%, 0 of 120 tested samples2012: 15.0%, 38 of 253 tested samples2013: 8.0%, 4 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
200424200.0%
200523741.7%
200622900.0%
200722700.0%
200830010.3%
200929720.7%
201028282.8%
201112000.0%
20122533815.0%
20135048.0%
Testing panels and detection limits change. These observations do not establish a causal trend.
All results for Water, Untreated →Metsulfuron methyl 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