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RECORD NUMBER: 446 OF 2447

Main Title Contribution of Urban and Agricultural Pesticide use to the Contamination of the Red Cedar River.
Author Zabi, Matthew J. ;
CORP Author Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Inst. of Water Research.
Year Published 1971
Report Number OWRR-A-012-MICH; 10035,; A-012-MICH(2)
Stock Number PB-201 055
Additional Subjects ( Pesticides ; Water pollution) ; Michigan ; Rivers ; DDT ; Contamination ; Residues ; Waste water ; Waste treatment ; Red Cedar River
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NTIS  PB-201 055 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 35p
Abstract
Analysis of 1,549 water samples shows that the Red Cedar River, Michigan, is highly contaminated with DDT and DDT metabolites (TDE and DDE). The river becomes progressively more contaminated in a downstream direction and shows seasonal variations. Pesticides in bottom samples show the amount of long term contamination, whereas those in the suspended matter (that retained by a 5 micron filter) show the amount of pesticide being carried on a short term basis. The largest amount of pesticide contamination entering the Red Cedar River comes through waste water treatment plants. (WRSIC abstract)