Ua ʻike ʻia ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o USDA ma 2023 he 99% o nā huahana meaʻai ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o nā palena o ke koena pesticide.

Hana ʻo PDP i ka laʻana a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i kēlā me kēia makahiki no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻikepesticidekoena i nā lako meaʻai US. Hoʻāʻo ʻo PDP i nā ʻano meaʻai kūloko a i lawe ʻia mai, me ka nānā pono ʻana i nā meaʻai e ʻai mau ʻia e nā pēpē a me nā keiki.
Noʻonoʻo ka US Environmental Protection Agency i nā pae hoʻolaha a me nā hopena olakino o nā pesticides i ka meaʻai a hoʻonohonoho i nā palena koena kiʻekiʻe (MRLs) no nā pesticides i nā meaʻai.
Ua hoʻāʻo ʻia he 9,832 mau mea hoʻohālike i ka makahiki 2023, me nā ʻalemona, nā ʻāpala, nā avocados, nā huaʻai ʻai pēpē a me nā mea kanu, nā ʻeleʻele (hou a me ka hau), celery, nā hua waina, nā halo, nā aniani, nā ʻuala, nā ʻuala, kānana momona (hou a me ka hau) , nā hua tart Mekiko, nā ʻōmato, a me ka melika.
ʻOi aku ma mua o 99% o nā laʻana i loaʻa i nā pae koena pesticide ma lalo o ka baseline o EPA, me 38.8% o nā laʻana i loaʻa ʻole ke koena pesticide ʻike ʻia, kahi piʻi mai 2022, i ka 27.6% o nā laʻana ʻaʻohe koena ʻike.
He 240 mau laʻana i loaʻa he 268 pesticides i uhaki i nā EPA MRL a i ʻole nā ​​koena ʻae ʻole ʻia. ʻO nā laʻana i loaʻa nā lāʻau pesticides ma luna o ka hoʻomanawanui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia he 12 blackberry hou, 1 blackberry maloʻo, 1 pēpē peach, 3 celery, 9 mau hua waina, 18 mau hua tart, a me 4 mau tōmato.
Ua ʻike ʻia nā koena me nā pae hoʻomanawanui ʻole i ʻike ʻia ma 197 mau huaʻai a me nā mea kanu huaʻai hou a hoʻoponopono ʻia a me hoʻokahi laʻana almond. ʻO nā mea kūʻai i loaʻa ʻole nā ​​laʻana pesticide me ka ʻae ʻole ʻia e like me ka avocados, ka ʻāpala pēpē, ka pī pēpē, ka pea pēpē, ke kulina momona hou, ke kulina maloʻo maloʻo, a me nā hua waina.
Mālama pū ʻo PDP i ka lako meaʻai no nā mea hoʻohaumia kūlohelohe (POPs) mau loa, me nā pesticides i pāpā ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa akā noho mau i loko o ke kaiapuni a hiki ke komo i nā mea kanu. No ka laʻana, loaʻa ka DDT ʻona, DDD, a me DDE i 2.7 pākēneka o ka ʻuala, 0.9 pākēneka o ka celery, a me 0.4 pākēneka o ka meaʻai pēpē kāloti.
ʻOiai nā hualoaʻa USDA PDP e hōʻike ana i ke koena o nā pesticide e kūlike me nā palena hoʻomanawanui EPA i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻaʻole ʻae kekahi poʻe ʻaʻole paʻa loa nā huahana mahiʻai US i nā pilikia pesticide. I ʻApelila 2024, ua paʻi ʻo Consumer Reports i kahi loiloi o ʻehiku mau makahiki o ka ʻikepili PDP, me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana ua kau ʻia nā palena hoʻomanawanui o EPA. Ua loiloi hou ʻo Consumer Reports i ka ʻikepili PDP me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi hōʻailona ma lalo o ka EPA MRL a hoʻokani i ke kani ʻana i kekahi mau huahana. Hiki ke heluhelu ʻia ma aneʻi kahi hōʻuluʻulu o ka hōʻike ʻana o Consumer Reports.