Spinach

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

Human Health Effects:

7Known or Probable Carcinogens4
21Suspected Hormone Disruptors
11Neurotoxins
7 Developmental or Reproductive Toxins

Environmental Effects:

20 Honeybee Toxins5

Pesticide Residues Found in Spinach:

What Pesticide? How Often is it Found?6 Conventional vs. Organic Toxicity7 Other Foods with this Pesticide
Permethrin Total 51.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Permethrin trans 50.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Permethrin cis 50.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Imidacloprid 42.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Spinosad A 35.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Spinosad D 25.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Cypermethrin 21.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
DDE p,p' 21.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Fenamidone 14.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Boscalid 12.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Pyraclostrobin 9.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Cyfluthrin 7.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Acetamiprid 6.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Azoxystrobin 5.6% Conventional
vs. Organic

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DDT p,p' 4.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Methomyl 4.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Flonicamid 4.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Linuron 3.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Methoxyfenozide 3.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Omethoate 3.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Cyhalothrin, Lambda 2.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Chlorpyrifos 1.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Endosulfan sulfate 1.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Dimethomorph 1.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Clothianidin 1.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Indoxacarb 1.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Metalaxyl/Mefenoxam 1.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Acephate 1.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dimethoate 1.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dicloran 1.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Famoxadone 1.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Cyhalothrin, epimer R157836 1.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Diflubenzuron 1.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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DCPA 0.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dinotefuran 0.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Bifenthrin 0.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Imiprothrin 0.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Methoxychlor p,p' 0.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Spiromesifen 0.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dichlorvos (DDVP) 0.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Tebufenozide 0.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Malathion 0.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Diazinon 0.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Pymetrozine 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Cyhalothrin, Total (Cyhalothrin-L + R157836 epimer) 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Chlorothalonil 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Quintozene (PCNB) 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Endosulfan I 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Oxydemeton methyl sulfone 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Thiamethoxam 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Tetramethrin 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Methamidophos 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Trifluralin 0.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Carbaryl 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 Spinach come from test year 2009.

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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