Cherry Tomatoes

69 Pesticide Residues Found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program1,2,3

Human Health Effects:

2Known or Probable Carcinogens4
20Suspected Hormone Disruptors
9Neurotoxins
5 Developmental or Reproductive Toxins

Environmental Effects:

22 Honeybee Toxins5

Pesticide Residues Found in Cherry Tomatoes:

What Pesticide? How Often is it Found?6 Conventional vs. Organic Toxicity7 Other Foods with this Pesticide
Bifenthrin 24.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Pyraclostrobin 23.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Imidacloprid 21.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Boscalid 21.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Difenoconazole 19.6% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Chlorantraniliprole 18.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Azoxystrobin 14.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Clothianidin 13.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Flonicamid 13.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Myclobutanil 12.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Mandipropamide 11.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Endosulfan sulfate 9.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Endosulfan I 8.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Endosulfan II 7.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Trifloxystrobin 7.6% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Propamocarb hydrochloride 7.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Buprofezin 7.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Fenpyroximate 6.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dinotefuran 5.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Acetamiprid 4.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Pyrimethanil 4.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Indoxacarb 4.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Cyazofamid 3.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Deltamethrin (includes parent Tralomethrin) 3.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Pymetrozine 3.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Spiromesifen 3.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Malathion 3.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Thiamethoxam 3.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Fenpropathrin 2.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Cypermethrin 2.6% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Metalaxyl/Mefenoxam 2.6% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Omethoate 2.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Esfenvalerate+Fenvalerate Total 1.6% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Bifenazate 1.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Chlorfenapyr 1.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Cyhalothrin, Lambda 1.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dicofol p,p' 1.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Cyromazine 1.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Famoxadone 1.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Permethrin cis 1.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Pyriproxyfen 1.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Cyprodinil 1.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Tebuconazole 1.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Fludioxonil 0.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Flubendiamide 0.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Permethrin trans 0.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Chlorpyrifos 0.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Fenhexamid 0.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Fluopicolide 0.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Piperonyl butoxide 0.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dimethoate 0.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dimethomorph 0.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Zoxamide 0.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Spirotetramat 0.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Methoxyfenozide 0.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Azinphos methyl oxygen analog 0.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Tralomethrin 0.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Fluoxastrobin 0.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Methamidophos 0.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Methomyl 0.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Diazinon 0.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Quintozene (PCNB) 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Etoxazole 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Spinosad 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Cyfluthrin 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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1-Naphthol 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Pentachloroaniline (PCA) 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dicloran 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Carbaryl 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Footnotes

1. Tests for any given food are often conducted in multiple years. In all cases WhatsOnMyFood shows only the most recent test year. The test results for Cherry Tomatoes come from test year 2012.

2. All pesticide residue results on this page and elsewhere on the WhatsOnMyFood website were obtained by the United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pesticide Data Program (PDP)

3. Punzi, JS, Lamont, M, Haynes, D, Epstein, RL, USDA Pesticide Data Program: Pesticide Residues on Fresh and Processed Fruit and Vegetables, Grains, Meats, Milk, and Drinking Water, Outlooks on Pesticide Management, June, 2005. Available online

4. All toxicological data was either compiled for this site — typically from U.S. EPA reregistration eligibility decisions — or obtained from data compiled for the PesticideInfo website

5. Includes pesticides that are moderately acutely toxic, highly acutely toxic or chronically toxic to honeybees.

6. The percentage found is for all four of the following combinations combined: domestic or imported, and conventional or organic. To see data broken down into each of these combinations separately, click on "Conventional vs. Organic."

7. A pesticide residue may not be listed as carcinogenic, neurotoxic, hormone-disrupting or as a reproductive or developmental toxicant for either of two reasons: (1) it may have been studied for toxicity in one or more of these categories and the weight of the evidence did not support designating it as toxic, or (2) it may not have been studied.

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