Ikizamini cya USDA mu 2023 cyerekanye ko 99% byibiribwa bitarenze imipaka yica udukoko.

PDP ikora buri mwaka icyitegererezo no kwipimisha kugirango ubone ubushishoziimiti yica udukokoibisigara mu biribwa byo muri Amerika. PDP igerageza ibiryo bitandukanye byo murugo no gutumizwa mu mahanga, hibandwa cyane cyane ku biribwa bikunze kuribwa n'impinja n'abana.
Ikigo cyo muri Amerika gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije cyita ku ngaruka ziterwa n’ingaruka z’ubuzima bw’imiti yica udukoko mu mirire kandi kigashyiraho imipaka ntarengwa (MRLs) y’imiti yica udukoko mu biribwa.
Ingero 9.832 ni zo zapimwe mu 2023, zirimo almonde, pome, avoka, imbuto zitandukanye z’ibiryo by’imboga n'imboga, blackberry (ibishya kandi bikonje), seleri, inzabibu, ibihumyo, igitunguru, plum, ibirayi, ibigori byiza (bishya kandi bikonje), imbuto za tarti zo muri Mexico, inyanya, na watermelon.
Ibice birenga 99% by'icyitegererezo byari bifite urugero rw’ibisigisigi byica udukoko munsi y’ibanze bya EPA, aho 38.8% by’icyitegererezo kidafite ibisigisigi byica udukoko twangiza, byiyongereye kuva mu 2022, igihe 27,6% by’icyitegererezo nta bisigara byagaragaye.
Ingero 240 zose zirimo imiti yica udukoko 268 yarenze EPA MRLs cyangwa irimo ibisigazwa bitemewe. Ingero zirimo imiti yica udukoko hejuru yihanganira kwihanganira harimo blackberry 12 nshya, blackberry 1 yakonje, pach 1 yumwana, seleri 3, inzabibu 9, imbuto 18 za tart, ninyanya 4.
Ibisigisigi bifite urwego rudashobora kwihanganira byagaragaye mu 197 imbuto nshya kandi zitunganijwe imbuto n'imboga hamwe nicyitegererezo kimwe cya almande. Ibicuruzwa bitarimo imiti yica udukoko twihanganirwa bitamenyekanye harimo avoka, pome ya pome, amashaza yumwana, amapera yumwana, ibigori bishya, ibigori byiza bikonje, ninzabibu.
PDP ikurikirana kandi ibiribwa bitanga umwanda uhoraho (POP), harimo imiti yica udukoko twabujijwe muri Amerika ariko ikaguma mu bidukikije kandi ishobora kwinjizwa n’ibimera. Kurugero, uburozi DDT, DDD, na DDE bwabonetse muri 2,7 ku ijana byibirayi, 0,9 ku ijana bya seleri, na 0.4 ku ijana by ibiryo bya karoti.
Mu gihe ibisubizo bya USDA PDP byerekana ko urugero rw’ibisigisigi byica udukoko bihuye n’imipaka yo kwihanganira EPA uko umwaka utashye, bamwe ntibavuga ko ibikomoka ku buhinzi muri Amerika bidakingiwe rwose n’udukoko twangiza udukoko. Muri Mata 2024, Raporo y’abaguzi yasohoye isesengura ry’imyaka irindwi y’amakuru ya PDP, ivuga ko imipaka yo kwihanganira EPA yashyizweho cyane. Raporo y’abaguzi yongeye gusuzuma amakuru ya PDP ikoresheje igipimo kiri munsi ya EPA MRL kandi ivuza induru ku bicuruzwa bimwe. Incamake yisesengura rya Raporo yumuguzi murashobora kuyisoma hano.