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Table 4. Pesticide concentrations, Comal Springs riverine system, New Braunfels, Texas, 1993–94

[mg/L, micrograms per liter; compound in bold was detected]

Pesticide Detection limit (mg/L)

PCB

0.1   

Polychlorinated naphthalenes

.1   

Aldrin

.01

Chlordane

.1   

DDD

.01

DDE

.01

DDT

.01

Diazinon

.01

Dieldrin

.01

Disyston

.01

Endosulfan

.01

Endrin

.01

Ethion

.01

Heptachlor

.01

Heptachlor epoxide

.01

Lindane

.01

Malathion

.01

Methoxychlor

.01

Methylparathion

.01

Mirex

.01

Parathion

.01

Perthane

.1   

Phorate

.01

Silvex

.01

Toxaphene

1      

Trithion

.01

2,4-D

.01

2,4-DP

.01

2,4,5-T

.01

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