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• Pesticides were found on 94 percent of the pears tested.

• There were 35 pesticides found on pears:

2 4-d, Acephate, Azinphos methyl, Bifenthrin, Captan, Carbaryl, Chlorothalonil, DDT, Diazinon, Dichlorvos (DDVP), Dicloran, Dicofol, Dimethoate, Diphenylamine (DPA), Endosulfans, Fenbutatin oxide, Fenvalerate, Formetanate hydrochloride, Imazalil, Iprodione, Malathion, Methamidophos, Methidathion, Methomyl, O-Phenylphenol, Oxamyl, Parathion ethyl, Permethrin Total, Phosmet, Propargite, Quintozene (PCNB), Sd-31723, Sd-33608, Tetradifon, Thiabendazole

• The three pesticides found most often on pears were
  Thiabendazole, Azinphos methyl, and Diphenylamine (DPA).

Pears with the most pesticide residues
Sample 1	Sample 2	Sample 3
Azinphos methyl Dicofol Diphenylamine (DPA) Endosulfans Phosmet Propargite Thiabendazole	Captan Diazinon Diphenylamine (DPA) Iprodione Methidathion Phosmet Thiabendazole	Azinphos methyl Captan Fenbutatin oxide O-Phenylphenol Sd-31723 Sd-33608 Thiabendazole
-Animal Carcinogen -Causes Birth Defects in Animals -Damages Reproductive System -Interferes with Hormones -Damages Brain and Nervous System -Damages Immune System

Most Pears are contaminated with more than one pesticide.

Number of pesticides per sample Percent of Samples 0 6% 1 29% 2 31% 3 18% 4 11% 5 4% 6 2% 7 < 0.5%

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