Pears

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

Human Health Effects:

8Known or Probable Carcinogens4
11Suspected Hormone Disruptors
7Neurotoxins
5 Developmental or Reproductive Toxins

Environmental Effects:

16 Honeybee Toxins5

Pesticide Residues Found in Pears:

What Pesticide? How Often is it Found?6 Conventional vs. Organic Toxicity7 Other Foods with this Pesticide
Pyrimethanil 40.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
o-Phenylphenol 26.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Fludioxonil 22.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Acetamiprid 15.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Azinphos methyl 7.6% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Thiacloprid 6.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Diphenylamine (DPA) 6.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Spinetoram 5.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Clothianidin 5.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Imidacloprid 3.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Pyraclostrobin 3.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Buprofezin 3.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Phosmet 3.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Boscalid 3.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Fenpyroximate 2.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Methoxyfenozide 2.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Endosulfan II 2.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Spirodiclofen 1.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Thiophanate methyl 1.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Iprodione 0.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Pyridaben 0.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Methidathion 0.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Cyhalothrin, Total (Cyhalothrin-L + R157836 epimer) 0.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Spinosad 0.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Chlorpyrifos 0.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Trifloxystrobin 0.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Spirotetramat 0.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Indoxacarb 0.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Endosulfan sulfate 0.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Captan 0.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Hexythiazox 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Kresoxim-methyl 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Thiamethoxam 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Pyriproxyfen 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Tebufenozide 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Bifenthrin 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Endosulfan I 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Omethoate 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Dimethoate 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Diazinon 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods


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 Pears come from test year 2010.

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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