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• Pesticides were found on 94 percent of the celery tested.
  
• There were 29 pesticides found on celery:

Acephate, Azinphos methyl, Captan, Carbaryl, Chlorothalonil, DCPA, DDT, Diazinon, Dicloran, Dimethoate, Disulfoton, Endosulfans, Iprodione, Linuron, Malathion, Methamidophos, Methidathion, Methomyl, Mevinphos Total, Oxamyl, Oxydemeton methyl, Parathion ethyl, Permethrin Total, Phosmet, Piperonyl butoxide, Prometryn, Propiconazole, Quintozene (PCNB), Trifluralin

• The three pesticides found most often on celery were Dicloran, Acephate, and Oxamyl.

Celery with the most pesticide residues
Sample 1	Sample 2	Sample 3
Acephate Chlorothalonil Diazinon Dicloran Methamidophos Methomyl Oxamyl Permethrin Total Propiconazole	Acephate Chlorothaloni l Diazinon Dimethoate Methamidophos Methomyl Oxamyl Permethrin Total	Acephate Chlorothalonil DCPA Dicloran Methamidophos Oxamyl Permethrin Total
-Animal Carcinogen -Causes Birth Defects in Animals -Damages Reproductive System -Interferes with Hormones -Damages Brain and Nervous System -Damages Immune System

Most Celery is contaminated with more than one pesticide.

Number of pesticides per sample Percent of Samples 0 5% 1 17% 2 24% 3 24% 4 18% 5 9% 6 3% 7 1% 8 < 0.5% 9 < 0.5%

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