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PESTICIDES IN GROUND WATER: DO ATRAZINE METABOLITES MATTER?†
Article first published online: 8 JUN 2007
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1996.tb03481.x
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JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
Volume 32, Issue 4, pages 845–853, August 1996
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Liu, S., Yen, S. T. and Kolpin, D. W. (1996), PESTICIDES IN GROUND WATER: DO ATRAZINE METABOLITES MATTER?. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 32: 845–853. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1996.tb03481.x
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- Issue published online: 8 JUN 2007
- Article first published online: 8 JUN 2007
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Keywords:
- atrazine;
- ground water quality;
- land use factors;
- metabolites;
- Tobit model
ABSTRACT: Atrazine and atrazine-residue (atrazine + two metabolites - deethylatrazine and deisopropylatrazine) concentrations were examined to determine if consideration of these atrazine metabolites substantially adds to our understanding of the distribution of this pesticide in groundwater of the midcontinental United States. The mean of atrazine.residue concentrations was 53 percent greater than that of atrazine alone for those observations above the detection limit (> 0.05 μg/l). Furthermore, a censored regression analysis using atrazine-residue concentrations revealed significant factors not identified when only atrazine concentrations were used. Thus, knowledge of concentrations of these atrazine metabolites is required to obtain a true estimation of risk of using these aquifers as sources for drinking water, and such knowledge also provides information that ultimately may be important for future management policies designed to reduce atrazine concentrations in ground water.