Table 1 The distribution of residue levels relative to the mean of positives for selected food-pesticide combinations: US-PDP testing of domestically grown, conventional samples
From: The dietary risk index system: a tool to track pesticide dietary risks
Food/Pesticide | Number of Samples | Percent Positive | Positive Sample Residue Level (ppm) | Ratio Relative to the Mean | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minimum | Mean of Positives | 90th % | 95th % | 99th % | 90th % | 95th % | 99th % | |||
Peaches | ||||||||||
 Methyl parathion (1996) | 82 | 25.3% | 0.004 | 0.0562 | 0.11 | 0.19 | 0.5 | 1.96 | 3.38 | 8.90 |
 Fludioxonil (2014) | 403 | 65% | 0.0054 | 0.788 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 1.90 | 2.41 | 4.31 |
Potatoes (2016) | ||||||||||
 Imidacloprid | 295 | 45.2% | 0.002 | 0.0101 | 0.022 | 0.033 | 0.092 | 2.17 | 3.25 | 9.07 |
 Azoxystrobin | 192 | 29.4% | 0.002 | 0.0811 | 0.27 | 0.42 | 0.65 | 3.33 | 5.18 | 8.01 |
 Boscalid | 137 | 21% | 0.0025 | 0.0039 | 0.0074 | 0.013 | 0.025 | 1.91 | 3.35 | 6.45 |
 Phorate sulfoxide | 4 | 0.6% | 0.002 | 0.0571 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 2.10 | 2.10 | 2.10 |
Tomatoes | ||||||||||
 Methamidophos (1996) | 51 | 38.3% | 0.002 | 0.0350 | 0.079 | 0.11 | 0.25 | 2.26 | 3.14 | 7.14 |
 Endosulfan I (1998) | 54 | 12.6% | 0.003 | 0.00841 | 0.01 | 0.017 | 0.095 | 1.19 | 2.02 | 11.3 |
 Endosulfan II (1998) | 62 | 14.5% | 0.005 | 0.0125 | 0.013 | 0.032 | 0.13 | 1.04 | 2.57 | 10.4 |
 Bifentrhin (2015) | 133 | 40.1% | 0.002 | 0.00928 | 0.02 | 0.027 | 0.048 | 2.15 | 2.91 | 5.17 |