Comparisons

DDT

<0.1µg/L

<0.1µg/L

Lindane

<0.1µg/L

<0.1µg/L

Chloropyrifos

<0.1µg/L

<0.1µg/L

Malathion

<0.1µg/L

<0.1µg/L

31 pesticides either not present or below EU norms. Total pesticides present could theoretically be above EU norms, but improbable.

DDT

2.1µg/L

3.5µg/L   

Lindane

1.6µg/L

0.9µg/L

Chloropyrifos

4.2µg/L

4.2µg/L

Malathion

8. 7µg/L

8.7µg/L

Pesticides between 11 and 70 times EU limits. CSE claims samples were collected in January. Post-rains, the pesticide level would have been diluted.

DDT

not found

not found

Lindane

0.008µg/L

0.14µg/L

Chloropyrifos

0.017µg/L

0.7µg/L

Malathion

not found

not found

Way below CSE levels. However, the lab states that its samples were from a different batch from CSE’s samples and the "results are not comparable".


µg = microgramme