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Lindane in Coffee

Table 6: 1983 NRDC Analysis of Green Coffee Beans with More Precise Techniques for Pesticide Residue Detection
Origin of Bean Pesticide Detected Amount Detected (ppm) Detection Limit Tolerance (i.e., legally allowable level)
Colombian BHC
Aldrin
DDT		 0.001
0.001
0.002		 0.001
0.001
0.001		 None
None
None
Guatemalan BHC
Lindane
BHC		 0.002
0.003
0.002		 0.001
0.001
0.001		 None
None
None
Brazilian BHC
BHC
Lindane
BHC
Aldrin
DDE
DDD
DDT
Chlordane		 0.008
0.002
0.003
0.003
0.001
0.001
0.001
0.012
0.009		 0.001
0.001
0.001
0.001
0.001
0.001
0.001
0.001
0.005		 None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
Haitian BHC
BHC
DDD
DDT		 0.001
0.001
0.001
0.019		 0.001
0.001
0.001
0.001		 None
None
None
None
Source: Shelley A. Hearne, Harvest of Unknowns: Pesticide Contamination in Imported Foods (New York: Natural Resources Defense Council, 1984).

 

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