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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..."

This Report is very long, and has been broken down into different sections:

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|| Summary || Introduction to the USDA Pesticide Data Program || Methodology & Toxicity Index ||
|| Results and Discussion || Recommendations || Tables: Pesticide Contamination in Fruits & Vegetables ||

DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE EATING?
AN ANALYSIS OF U.S. GOVERNMENT DATA
ON PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOODS1

Links to the Individual Tables

|| 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 ||