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Farm Insecticides Aren't Pollutants In Kansas Study
Kansas State University scientists report nine year study in Cedar Bluff Irrigation District found 10 635 pounds of insecticides used 1960 to 1969 with non persistent organophosphates and carbamates predominating Aldrin and Dieldrin persisted longer but overall surface and groundwater showed no significant contamination Water samples from Smoky Hill River Cedar Bluff Reservoir wells and irrigation canal showed trace residues at low levels and well contamination attributed to sampling hoses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Herbert Knutson
Department of Entomology
Kansas State University
Smoky Hill River
Cedar Bluff
A. M. Kadoum
T. L. Hopkins
Glen F. Sweyer
K-State
T. L. Harvey
Fort Hays Experiment Station