I'm a farmer from the UK and have an agronomist who advises us on pesticide applications. He visited the USA and said, when he stepped into their spray sheds,

I'm a farmer from the UK and have an agronomist who advises us on pesticide applications. He visited the USA and said, when he stepped into their spray sheds, it was like going back in time 40 years: all kinds of chemicals that have been banned in the UK were still allowed in the USA (organophosphates etc). Of course if the article doesn't state the amount of pesticides found, it doesn't tell you anything really, but I wouldn't trust American food standards based on my anecdotal experience, flawed may it be.