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Twenty-three pesticides were detected in water from urban streams during rainstorms, and the concentrations of five of these pesticides exceeded limits set to protect aquatic life.

During rainstorms, 23 of 100 pesticides sampled for were detected in water samples from 12 study sites in 10 urban watersheds. Concentrations of five insecticides exceeded recommended maximum concentrations set by the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering (NAS/NAE)(1973). In a few samples, concentrations of Diazinon, simazine, and Lindane exceeded U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and other chronic aquatic-life criteria.

http://wa.water.usgs.gov/pugt/fs.097-99/

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