Table 2.

Concentrations (ng/g ww) and the % frequencies of detection of neonicotinoids in Japanese tea leaves and Japanese bottled green tea beverage.

		Japanese tea leaves					Japanese bottled green tea beverage#
	Freq (%)	Min	25th	50th	75th	Max	Freq (%)	25th	50th	75th	Max
Acetamiprid	67	<LOQ	<LOD	2	4	472	78	0.02	0.04	0.26	2.01
Clothianidin	74		2	10	20	233	100	0.05	0.59	1.01	2.08
Dinotefuran	100		52	274	581	3004	100	3.09	17.51	23.30	59.00
Imidacloprid	92		4	6	13	139	78	0.39	0.43	0.59	1.91
Nitenpyram	3	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	<LOD	54	<LOQ	<LOQ	<LOQ	<LOQ	<LOQ
Thiacloprid	79		2	7	15	910	100	0.22	0.65	0.81	2.35
Thiamethoxam	79		5	13	27	650	100	1.45	1.71	2.50	5.53

Freq (%): Frequency (%); Max: Maximum; <LOQ: below detection quantification;^#: indicates concentrations expressed in ng/mL.