Environmental

Agricultural Insecticides Exceed Regulatory Limits in Surface Water on Global Scale

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2015.  According to a new study, regulatory limits for insecticides are exceeded in over half of contaminated water samples collected from around the world. The study was based on a review of more than 800 studies conducted in 73 countries over the past five decades and is the first to evaluate the exposure of surface waters to particularly toxic agricultural insecticides on a global scale.

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