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Program Matrix collected Environmental Protection Agency National Human Monitoring Program Human adipose tissue Human blood serum Human urine National Soils Monitoring Program Agricultural soils Raw agricultural crops Urban soils National Surface Water toring Program Surface water Bottom sediment National Estuarine Monitoring Program Estuarine finfish Estuarine shellfish National Air Monitoring Program Suburban Air Studies Ambient air Suburban Air Studies Ambient air in suburban locales Food and Drug Administration Market Basket Survey Processed, ready-to eat food Food and Feed Survey Raw foods and animal feed Department of Agriculture Red Meat and Poultry Surveillan Red meats and poultry Department of the Interior Freshwater Fish Survey Freshwater fish Bird Monitoring Programs Starling (non-migratory) Mallard ducks (migratory - Table 2.
Selected pesticide residues found in human adipose tissue and blood serum samples from the general population1
Pesticide Chemical Adipose Blood exposure origin detected tissue2 serum2 DDT DDE × × Chlordane and heptachlor Oxychlordane × × Heptachlor epoxide × × trans-Nonachlor × × Heptachlor - × Benzene hexachloride beta-Benzene hexachloride × × Aldrin and dieldrin Dieldrin × × Hexachlorobenzene Hexachlorobenzene × × - Table 3.
Frequency of selected pesticide residues in urine from persons 12-74 years, United States, 1976-1980.1
Pesticide origin Chemical detected Frequency of detection (%) Pentachlorophenol, lindane, and hexachlorobenzene Pentachlorophenol 71.6 Chlorpyrifos 3,5,6-Trichloro-2-pyridinol 5.8 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol (disinfectant use or as a metabolite of certain insecticides 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol 3.4 Methyl and ethyl parathion para-Nitrophenol 2.4 Dicamba Malathion Dicamba alpha-Monocarbo-boxylic acid 1.1 Dicarboxylic acid 0.5 2,4-D 2,4-D 0.3 ↵1 Based on specimens collected via the Health and Nutrition Examination Survey II (NHANES II), National Center for Health Statistics.
- Table 4.
Summary of ambient air monitoring data for selected pesticides at 10 U.S. locations, 19801
Pesticide Positives2 Nanograms/cubic meter (percent) maximum mean conc. alpha-Benzene hexachloride 42.3 154.0 4.0 beta-Benzene hexachloride 0.3 2.4 0.1 Chlordane 11.4 7.3 0.4 Chlorpyrifos 11.4 100.0 2.1 DEF 0.8 95.0 7.7 Diazinon 48.0 23.0 2.1 Dimethoate 3.3 18.0 0.3 Disulfoton 0.8 4.7 0.1 EPN 0.8 4.6 0.1 Lindanegamma-Benzene hexachloride 0.8 1.5 0.1 Malathion 50.0 220.0 7.5 Methyl and ethyl parathion 12.2 160.0 2.9 - Table 5.
Summary of pesticide residues detected in surface water, National Surface Water Monitoring Program1
Chemical detected Occurrence (%) Maximum value (nanograms/liter) Chlordane 1.1 0.2 Dieldrin 2.4 0.6 Endrin 0.1 0.1 o,p’—DDT 0.1 0.4 o,p’—DDE 0.3 0.5 o,p’—DDT 0.5 0.7 o,p’—DDT 0.7 0.6 Toxaphene 0.1 1.7 Diazinon 1.2 2.4 Malathion 0.3 0.2 Silvex 0.1 0.5 2,4-D 1.6 1.9 2,4,5-T 0.4 12.9 Atrazine 6.8 7.7 Simazine 0.4 1.1 ↵1 1976–1980.
- Table 6.
Summary of pesticide residues detected in bottom sediments, National Surface Water Monitoring Program1
Chemical detected Occurrence (%) Maximum value (nanograms/liter) Chlordane 15.3 2,964.0 Dieldrin 21.7 5,300.0 Endrin 1.3 2.9 o,p’—DDT 2.9 7.2 o,p’—DDE 0.5 1.3 o,p’—DDT 13.2 110.6 o,p’—DDT 22.7 163.0 Toxaphene 1.8 814.5 Diazinon 0.5 7.1 Malathion ND2 ND2 Silvex 0.2 6.3 2,4-D 0.2 14.9 2,4,5-T 0.2 9.1 Atrazine 0.7 11.9 Simazine 0.2 0.1 - Table 7.
Concentrations of dibromochloropropane (DBCP) in drinking water from selected areas of the United States, 1979.1
Location Water Source (%) DBCP concentration (micrograms/liter) Madera Co., CA Private well 0.8 Madera Co., CA Private well 0.4 Riverside Co., CA Municipal supply 0.1 Riverside Co., CA Municipal supply 0.1 San Joaquin Co., CA Private well 0.9 San Joaquin Co., CA Private well 9.4 Stanislaus Co., CA Private well 0.1 Stanislaus Co., CA Private well 0.1 Stanislaus Co., CA Private well 10.8 Darlington Co., CA Private well 0.1 ↵1 10 of 127 water specimens analyzed in California, Arizona, Texas, South Carolina, and Alabama contained detectable concentrations of DBCP.
- Table 8.
Aldicarb concentrations in Soil Sampling location: Hillsbourough County, FL Soil: Loamy, siliceious, thermic, grossarenic paleudult Treatment: Temik applied once, 12 months prior to sampling at a rate of 67.2 kg formulated product/ha.
Soil depth, cm Residual aldicarb (micrograms/gram, dry weight) 0 – 7.6 ND2 7.6-31 ND 31 – 61 ND 61 – 91 ND 91 – 122 6 122 – 152 25 152 – 183 81 183 – 213 87 1 Detected as aldicarb sulfone
↵2 ND = Not Detected. MDL = 1 microgram per gram. All values corrected for recovery (64%)
- Table 9.
Aldicarb concentrations in Soil Sampling Location: Washington County, MS Soil: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic, mollic hapludalf Treatment: Temik 10G at 5.0 kg a.i./ha/year for 2 years and Temik 15G at 3.4 kg a.i./ha/year for 5 years.
Soil depth, cm Residual aldicarb1 (micrograms/gram, dry weight) 0 – 7.6 ND2 7.6-31 ND 32 – 62 ND 62 – 91 ND 92 – 122 ND 123 – 153 ND 154 – 183 ND
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