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Pesticide Micropollutants in Lake Albufera (SPAIN)

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Organic Micropollutants in the Aquatic Environment

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The pollution by pesticides is studied in lake Albufera of Valencia (Spain) to determine the hazards involved in the pesticide treatment of nearly rice field and forest and in urban and industrial contamination.

At present Molinate, Benthiocarb and Fenitrothion are the pesticide which have been found to reach the highest concentration in waters from the lake.

DDT and BHC were the most frequently detected organochlorinated pesticides in this ecosystem.

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  1. Departamento de Biotecnología, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain

    J. M. Carrasco

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  1. Commission of the European Communities, DG XII/E-1, Rue de La Loi, 200, B - 1049, Brussels, Belgique

    G. Angeletti (Directorate-General for Science, Research and Development) (Directorate-General for Science, Research and Development)

  2. SCATEC, P.O. BOX 147, N - 1312, Slependen, Norway

    A. Bjørseth

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Carrasco, J.M. (1988). Pesticide Micropollutants in Lake Albufera (SPAIN). In: Angeletti, G., Bjørseth, A. (eds) Organic Micropollutants in the Aquatic Environment. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2989-0_7

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