The Organic Option - Centre d'agriculture biologique du Canada
The Organic Option - Centre d'agriculture biologique du Canada
The Organic Option - Centre d'agriculture biologique du Canada
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Organic</strong> Center Critical Issue Report Page<br />
March 2008 Pesticide Dietary Risks 37<br />
Appendix 2<br />
Table 6<br />
Appendix 2. Table 6 Pesticide Resi<strong>du</strong>es Found in 190 <strong>Organic</strong> Samples Tested in 2006 by the PDP<br />
CROP - PESTICIDE DATA PAIRS (CPDP)<br />
ORIGIN<br />
COUNTRY<br />
OR STATE<br />
RESIDUE<br />
LEVEL<br />
(ppm)<br />
EPA<br />
TOLERANCE<br />
(ppm)<br />
RATIO of the<br />
RESIDUE to EPA<br />
TOLERANCE<br />
MEAN RESIDUE<br />
LEVEL IN ALL<br />
POSITIVE<br />
SAMPLES<br />
RATIO OF<br />
RESIDUE LEVEL<br />
TO MEAN<br />
RESIDUE<br />
Cranberries Spinosad Domestic Unknown 0.025 0.01 250% 0.019 131.5789474<br />
Cranberries Spinosad Domestic Unknown 0.013 0.01 130% 0.019 68.42105263<br />
Summer Squash Chlordane cis Domestic Unknown 0.016 0.1 16% 0.006575 24.33460076<br />
Summer Squash Heptachlor epoxide Domestic Unknown 0.007 0.05 14% 0.0153 9.150326797<br />
Carrots Trifluralin Domestic Unknown 0.13 1 13% 0.036267447 3.584481668<br />
Summer Squash DDE p,p' Domestic Unknown 0.007 0.1 7% 0.016 4.375<br />
Summer Squash DDT p,p' Domestic Unknown 0.007 0.1 7% 0.007 10<br />
Spinach Permethrin trans Domestic Unknown 1.3 20 7% 0.720822648 0.090174747<br />
Spinach DDE p,p' Domestic Unknown 0.028 0.5 6% 0.016 3.5<br />
Spinach Permethrin cis Domestic Unknown 1 20 5% 0.739671972 0.067597532<br />
Potatoes, Frozen Chlorpropham Domestic Unknown 2.1 50 4.2% 0.68753 0.061088243<br />
Spinach Acetamiprid Domestic Unknown 0.0076 0.2 3.8% 0.0788 0.482233503<br />
Carrots Tetrahydrophthalimide (THPI) Domestic Unknown 0.067 2 3.4% 0.077428571 0.432656827<br />
Spinach Permethrin cis Import Mexico 0.67 20 3.4% 0.739671972 0.045290347<br />
Summer Squash Chlordane trans Domestic Unknown 0.003 0.1 3.0% 0.00463 6.479481641<br />
Watermelon Imidacloprid Import Mexico 0.015 0.5 3.0% 0.018368421 1.633237822<br />
Spinach Permethrin trans Import Mexico 0.45 20 2.3% 0.720822648 0.031214336<br />
Orange Juice Bromacil Import Brazil / US 0.002 0.1 2.0% 0.002 10<br />
Potatoes, Frozen Chlorpropham Domestic Unknown 0.98 50 2.0% 0.68753 0.028507847<br />
Carrots DDE p,p' Domestic Unknown 0.051 3 1.7% 0.016 1.0625<br />
Carrots DDE p,p' Domestic Unknown 0.049 3 1.6% 0.016 1.020833333<br />
Carrots DDE p,p' Domestic Unknown 0.043 3 1.4% 0.016 0.895833333<br />
Spinach DDT p,p' Domestic Unknown 0.007 0.5 1.4% 0.007 2<br />
Carrots DDE p,p' Domestic Unknown 0.039 3 1.3% 0.016 0.8125<br />
Carrots DDE p,p' Domestic Unknown 0.026 3 0.9% 0.016 0.541666667<br />
Spinach Spinosad Domestic Unknown 0.051 8 0.6% 0.077416364 0.082346932<br />
Spinach Spinosad Domestic Unknown 0.05 8 0.6% 0.077416364 0.080732286<br />
Grapefruit Imazalil Domestic CA 0.062 10 0.6% 0.058696246 0.105628561<br />
Grapefruit Thiabendazole Domestic CA 0.05 10 0.5% 0.0007 7.142857143<br />
Carrots DDE p,p' Domestic Unknown 0.013 3 0.4% 0.016 0.270833333<br />
Apple Sauce Carbaryl Import <strong>Canada</strong> 0.038 10 0.4% 0.009 0.422222222<br />
Page 1