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).