ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE-RESIDUES IN SOILS FROM 6 UNITED-STATES AIR-FORCE BASES, 1975-76

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 12  (4) , 230-233
Abstract
Soil samples collected during 1975 and 1976 from USA Air Force installations in California, Georgia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah were analyzed for organochloriine insecticide residues. .SIGMA.DDT, chlordane and dieldrin were the pesticides most commonly found. In 1975, .SIGMA.DDT residues were significantly higher in samples from residential areas than in samples from golf courses or areas free of pesticide application. Chlordane residues in 1975 were significantly higher in both residential and golf course areas than in areas where pesticides were not used. No significant differences were found in 1976 in residue levels of any pesticide monitored among various land use areas.

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