Cilantro

68 Pesticide Residues Found by the USDA Pesticide Data Program1,2,3

Human Health Effects:

9Known or Probable Carcinogens4
30Suspected Hormone Disruptors
12Neurotoxins
12 Developmental or Reproductive Toxins

Environmental Effects:

18 Honeybee Toxins5

Pesticide Residues Found in Cilantro:

What Pesticide? How Often is it Found?6 Conventional vs. Organic Toxicity7 Other Foods with this Pesticide
DCPA 56.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

Other Foods
Imidacloprid 32.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Chlorpyrifos 26.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

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DDT o,p' 25.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

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DDE p,p' 24.6% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Chlorantraniliprole 19.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Azoxystrobin 15.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Diazinon 14.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Linuron 13.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Boscalid 11.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

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DDD o,p' 11.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Pyrimethanil 8.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Chlordane cis 8.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Pendimethalin 8.6% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Prometryn 8.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Chlordane trans 7.8% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Malathion 6.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Myclobutanil 5.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Metolachlor 5.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dimethomorph 5.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Pentachloroaniline (PCA) 5.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dieldrin 4.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dicloran 4.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Pyraclostrobin 3.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Carbendazim (MBC) 2.6% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Permethrin cis 1.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Permethrin trans 1.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Mandipropamide 1.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Omethoate 1.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Methamidophos 1.5% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Diphenylamine (DPA) 1.3% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Methoxyfenozide 1.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Endosulfan I 1.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dimethoate 1.1% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Fenamidone 1.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Oxyfluorfen 1.0% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Spinosad 0.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Bifenthrin 0.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Metalaxyl/Mefenoxam 0.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Carbofuran 0.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Carbaryl 0.9% Conventional
vs. Organic

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DDD p,p' 0.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dimethenamid 0.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Tebuconazole 0.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Pronamide 0.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Quintozene (PCNB) 0.7% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Endosulfan II 0.6% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Thiamethoxam 0.6% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Flonicamid 0.6% Conventional
vs. Organic

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3-hydroxycarbofuran 0.6% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Thiabendazole 0.6% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dicofol p,p' 0.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Spinetoram 0.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Tetrahydrophthalimide (THPI) 0.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Propiconazole 0.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Heptachlor epoxide 0.4% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Quinoxyfen 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Acetamiprid 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Dinotefuran 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Pymetrozine 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Clomazone 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Diazinon oxon 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Pentachlorophenyl methyl sulfide 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Pentachlorobenzene (PCB) 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Methomyl 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Terbacil 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Phorate 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Piperonyl butoxide 0.2% Conventional
vs. Organic

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Footnotes

1. Tests for any given food are often conducted in multiple years. In all cases WhatsOnMyFood shows only the most recent test year. The test results for Cilantro come from test year 2010.

2. All pesticide residue results on this page and elsewhere on the WhatsOnMyFood website were obtained by the United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pesticide Data Program (PDP)

3. Punzi, JS, Lamont, M, Haynes, D, Epstein, RL, USDA Pesticide Data Program: Pesticide Residues on Fresh and Processed Fruit and Vegetables, Grains, Meats, Milk, and Drinking Water, Outlooks on Pesticide Management, June, 2005. Available online

4. All toxicological data was either compiled for this site — typically from U.S. EPA reregistration eligibility decisions — or obtained from data compiled for the PesticideInfo website

5. Includes pesticides that are moderately acutely toxic, highly acutely toxic or chronically toxic to honeybees.

6. The percentage found is for all four of the following combinations combined: domestic or imported, and conventional or organic. To see data broken down into each of these combinations separately, click on "Conventional vs. Organic."

7. A pesticide residue may not be listed as carcinogenic, neurotoxic, hormone-disrupting or as a reproductive or developmental toxicant for either of two reasons: (1) it may have been studied for toxicity in one or more of these categories and the weight of the evidence did not support designating it as toxic, or (2) it may not have been studied.

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