1988 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Pesticide Micropollutants in Lake Albufera (SPAIN)
Author : J. M. Carrasco
Published in: Organic Micropollutants in the Aquatic Environment
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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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.