Table 4: Toxicity Indices for Foods Tested by the USDA Pesticide Data Program

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The report below has been reprinted from the original analysis conducted by the Consumers Union of the United States, Inc., Public Service Projects Department, Technical Division.

"Which Foods Have the Highest TI Values? Seven foods consistently had high or very high TI's each time tested: Fresh peaches (both domestic and imported); frozen and fresh winter squash grown in the U.S.; domestic and imported apples, grapes, spinach and pears; and U.S.-grown green beans. Among these, U.S. peaches and frozen winter squash had TI Values about 10-fold higher than even the other "high" scores..."

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|| Table 1: Foods Tested by the USDA Pesticide Data Program, 1994-1997 ||

|| Table 2: Acute Toxicity of Pesticides Detected ||

|| Table 3: Chronic Toxicity of Pesticides Detected || || Table 4: Toxicity Indices for Foods Tested ||

|| Table 5: Shares of Total Toxicity Index Values Contributed by Individual Pesticides Detected ||

|| Table 6: Odds of Exceeding "Safe" Daily Doses for Selected Pesticides in Selected Foods ||

|| Table 7: Multiple Pesticide Residues: Frequency Distribution of Samples ||

|| Table 8: Applications of Selected High-Risk Pesticides to Selected Crops ||

Table 4. Toxicity Indices for Foods Tested in the USDA Pesticide Data Program, 1994-1997
		Toxicity Index Value
Food*	Country of Origin	1994	1995	1996	1997

Apple Juice	Argentina			18	32
	Germany				13
	Hungary				30
	Mexico				12
	U.S.			11	20

Apples	New Zealand	298	260	284
	U.S.	567	521	550

Bananas	All Imports	3	4

Broccoli	Mexico	45
	U.S.	2

Carrots	Canada	73	80	84
	Mexico		136
	U.S.	64	40	53

Celery	U.S.	255

Grapes	Chile	181	241	339
	Mexico	10	79	71
	South Africa			169
	U.S.	1,552	329	228

Green Beans, Fresh	Mexico	97	39
	U.S.	294	222

Green Beans, Frozen/Canned	U.S.			222	529

Lettuce	U.S.	122

Milk	U.S.			1	1

Orange Juice	Brazil				23
	U.S.				2

Oranges	Australia		30
	U.S.	138	38	49

Peaches, Fresh	Chile	381	366	471
	U.S.	4,390	5,376	4,848


Peaches, Canned	U.S.				5

		Toxicity Index Value
Food*	Country of Origin	1994	1995	1996	1997

Pears	Argentina				157
	Chile				415
	South Africa				201
	U.S.				435

Potatoes	U.S.	191	59

Soybeans	U.S.				66

Spinach, Fresh	Mexico		103	623	256
	U.S.		554	495	349

Spinach, Canned	U.S.				204

Sweet Corn, Canned/Frozen	U.S.	0.02	0.01

Sweet Peas, Canned/Frozen	U.S.	6	22	21

Sweet Potatoes	U.S.			56	25

Tomatoes	Canada				26
	Mexico			123	159
	U.S.			63	55

Wheat	U.S.		18	29	32

Winter Squash, Fresh	Honduras				23
	Mexico				41
	U.S.				1,706

Winter Squash, Frozen	Mexico				21
	U.S.				3,012
* Food-country combinations with 9 or fewer samples are not inlcuded in this table.

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