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Table 2 Top five individual samples tested by PDP in 2020: by quartile, ranked by aggregate DRIa

From: Tracking pesticide residues and risk levels in individual samples—insights and applications

Sample ID

Food

Number of residues

Aggregate DRI

State or country of origin

Market claim

Quartile 1

 4865

Green beans

9

39.1

Florida

Conventional

 5006

Greens, collard

4

37.7

California

Conventional

 4941

Green beans

6

31.0

Unknown

Conventional

 3048

Cantaloupe

2

9.34

California

Conventional

 9036

Winter squash

5

7.72

California

Conventional

 Averages

 

5.20

25.0

  

Quartile 2

 126

Apple juice

5

0.0305

Texas

Conventional

 6186

Orange juice

2

0.0305

California

Conventional

 7932

Tangerines

2

0.0305

California

Conventional

 8409

Tangerines

2

0.0305

Peru

Conventional

 1421

Bananas

2

0.0303

Guatemala

Conventional

 Averages

 

2.60

0.0304

  

Quartile 3

 3182

Cantaloupe

2

0.00572

Guatemala

Conventional

 3497

Cantaloupe

2

0.00571

California

Conventional

 3268

Cantaloupe

4

0.00571

Guatemala

Conventional

 243

Apple juice

3

0.00571

Florida

Conventional

 908

Bananas

2

0.00570

Ecuador

Conventional

 Averages

 

2.60

0.00571

  

Quartile 4

 2725

Cauliflower

2

0.00108

California

Conventional

 4272

Eggplant

1

0.00108

California

Conventional

 3046

Cantaloupe

1

0.00108

California

Conventional

 3576

Cantaloupe

1

0.00108

California

Conventional

 3334

Cantaloupe

1

0.00108

Mexico

Conventional

 Averages

 

1.20

0.00108

  
  1. PDP tested 19 foods and reported a total of 6,764 positive samples in 2020