Chlorinated Insecticides Fate in Aqueous Suspensions Containing Mosquito Larvae

Authors

M. C. Bowman, USDA
C. S. Lofgrens, USDA
Fred Acree, Jr., USDA
Morton Beroza, USDA

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1964

Comments

Published in Science, New Series, Vol. 146, No. 3650 (Dec. 11, 1964), pp. 1480-1481.

Abstract

Aldrin, p,p’-DDT, dieldrin, gamma chlordane, heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide, 1-hydroxychlordene, and lindane were biassayed against larvae of Anopheles quadrimaculaus Say; the remnant amounts of insecticide and metabolites in larvae and medium were determined by electron-affinity gas chromatography. The insecticides were surprisingly nonpersistant at concentrations normally sued.