Pesticides In Surface and Ground Water

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April 16, 1994
Issue Paper

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62300/qx30hb54

Task Force Chairs

R. Don Wauchope

USDA, ARS, UGA Coastal Plain Experiment Station

Authors

David B. Baker

Water Quality Laboratory, Heidelberg College

K. Balu

Ciba Plant Protection, Ciba-Geigy Corporation

Henry Nelson

Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Abstract

Introduction; the issue; pesticide varieties, uses, and resulting pollution potential; relating concentrations in water resources to human and ecosystem risk; and risk mitigation.

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