Dive Summary:

• The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released the latest results from its pesticide testing in 2011, showing foods were considerably under what are considered safe pesticide levels.
• This came as a great relief to farmers and food producers alike, as the produce and fruit industry are often caught up in the negative press of pesticide and herbicide usage. 
• The study examined thousands of samples from across the country and, if the trend holds, makes the next couple years likely to also show low contamination.  

From the article:

Fresh and processed fruit and vegetables made up 82.3 percent of total samples tested in 2011. The AMS estimated that 72.7 percent of samples were from U.S. sources, 22.8 percent were imports, 2.8 percent were of mixed origin and 0.7 percent were of unknown origin. Those foods included: baby food (green beans, pears and sweet potatoes), canned beets, cabbage, cantaloupe, cauliflower, cherry tomatoes, hot peppers, lettuce, mushrooms, onions, orange juice, papayas, plums, snap peas, canned and frozen spinach, sweet bell peppers, tangerines and winter squash. ...