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Rank	Commodity	Combined Score	Percentage of Samples Tested with Detectable Pesticides	Percentage of Samples With Two or More Pesticides	Average Number of Pesticides Found on a Sample	Average Amount (in ppm*) of All Pesticides Found	Maximum Number of Pesticides Found on a Single Sample	Number of Pesticides Found on the Commodity in Total
1	Peaches	100	93.7%	79.9%	2.7	1.137	9	45
2	Strawberries	89	90.4%	68.0%	2.2	1.138	8	36
3	Apples	88	90.9%	70.4%	2.4	1.022	8	36
4	Spinach	85	83.4%	51.8%	1.7	1.182	10	36
5	Nectarines	85	97.3%	85.3%	3.0	0.576	7	26
6	Celery	83	94.5%	78.0%	2.7	0.330	9	29
7	Pears	80	94.4%	65.0%	2.2	0.719	7	35
8	Cherries	76	91.4%	75.8%	2.8	0.290	7	25
9	Potatoes	67	79.3%	27.2%	1.1	1.260	6	29
10	Sweet Bell Peppers	66	68.2%	48.5%	1.7	0.171	9	39
11	Raspberries	66	58.9%	28.2%	1.1	0.788	9	39
12	Grapes - Imported	64	86.2%	57.3%	1.7	0.280	5	35
13	Carrots	57	74.7%	43.2%	1.4	0.049	6	40
14	Green Beans	57	61.5%	35.6%	1.2	0.183	8	37
15	Hot Peppers	55	51.5%	25.4%	1.0	0.246	7	52
16	Oranges	53	82.9%	37.0%	1.3	0.156	6	24
17	Apricots	51	62.2%	38.2%	1.2	0.714	4	20
18	Cucumbers	51	75.1%	30.9%	1.2	0.078	5	37
19	Tomatoes	48	60.7%	24.1%	0.9	0.046	6	40
20	Collard Greens	48	40.4%	14.2%	0.6	0.910	7	21
21	Grapes - Domestic	47	63.5%	29.6%	1.1	0.139	6	27
22	Turnip Greens	41	49.5%	19.4%	0.8	0.773	4	15
23	Honeydew Melons	40	66.4%	24.3%	1.0	0.010	4	26
24	Lettuce	40	45.2%	19.9%	0.8	0.082	7	24
25	Kale	39	44.9%	15.8%	0.7	0.302	6	23
26	Mushrooms	36	65.8%	28.3%	1.0	0.115	4	9
27	Cantaloupe	36	50.1%	17.5%	0.8	0.027	5	27
28	Sweet Potatoes	35	60.9%	9.5%	0.7	0.212	4	20
29	Grapefruit	34	48.5%	18.0%	0.7	0.124	5	16
30	Winter Squash	34	40.6%	10.6%	0.5	0.020	5	32
31	Blueberries	30	30.3%	10.6%	0.4	0.240	4	26
32	Watermelon	27	25.9%	5.8%	0.3	0.022	6	23
33	Plums	26	42.5%	8.5%	0.5	0.275	2	17
34	Tangerines	25	45.8%	10.3%	0.6	0.093	4	7
35	Cabbage	25	19.0%	3.9%	0.2	0.100	4	30
36	Papaya	23	21.7%	5.6%	0.3	0.227	3	23
37	Kiwi	23	23.6%	10.4%	0.4	0.133	4	16
38	Bananas	19	53.1%	4.7%	0.6	0.047	2	4
39	Broccoli	18	26.6%	2.6%	0.3	0.004	3	17
40	Onions	17	5.9%	1.9%	0.1	0.289	3	17
41	Asparagus	16	10.1%	0.2%	0.1	0.187	3	16
42	Sweet Peas	13	27.0%	0.6%	0.3	0.009	2	9
43	Mango	12	7.4%	0.5%	0.1	0.008	2	20
44	Cauliflower	10	7.6%	1.3%	0.1	0.033	2	13
45	Pineapples	6	6.7%	0.5%	0.1	0.001	2	5
46	Avocado	4	2.4%	0.0%	0.0	0.002	1	7
47	Sweet Corn	1	0.2%	0.0%	0.0	0.000	1	1

Note: We ranked a total of 46 different fruits and vegetables but grapes are listed twice because we looked at both domestic and imported samples.

* ppm means parts per million

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Originally published: October 21, 2003