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. 2022 Sep 16;9:571. doi: 10.1038/s41597-022-01584-z

Table 1.

Data inputs used in this study.

Description (units) Source(s) Scope & resolution
Pesticide use (kg) USGS Pesticide National Synthesis Project: https://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/pnsp/usage/maps/county-level/ >500 pesticide active ingredients
Seed treatments excluded after 2014, and in California in all years
Estimates for ten crops or crop groups and the 50 contiguous states in the US
Annual (1992–2017)
Pesticide use (kg, kg/ac on treated acres; % acres treated) USDA Agricultural Chemical Use Survey: https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/ Major crops and pesticides
Seed treatments excluded in all years
State, regional, and national resolutions
Annual for major crops and production areas; sporadic for minor crops (1990–2019)
Crop area (acres) US Census of Agriculture: https://www.quickstats.nass.usda.gov/ All crops
County, state, and national resolutions
Every five years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017)
USDA NASS Survey: https://www.quickstats.nass.usda.gov/ Major crops
State, regional, and national resolutions
Annual for major crops and production areas; sporadic for minor crops (1990–2017)
Honey bee acute toxicity (LD50, usually in µg/bee) EPA ECOTOX Database: https://cfpub.epa.gov/ecotox/ Wide range of toxicological measurements reported in the dataset
PPDB: Pesticides Properties Database: https://sitem.herts.ac.uk/aeru/ppdb/en/ Wide range of toxicological measurements reported in the dataset
Land use/Land cover USDA Cropland Data Layer: https://nassgeodata.gmu.edu/CropScape/ Dozens of crop species and seven non-agricultural land cover classes for the contiguous US
30–56 m resolution
Annual (2008–2020 for entire US; some states go back to early 2000s)