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County Wells Sampled |
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Well |
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Detections |
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Sampled |
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(none
if left blank) |
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1 |
39.7717 |
-90.1986 |
9/1/2004 |
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Cyanazine |
0.1 |
ug/L |
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2 |
35.7689 |
-90.2814 |
9/1/2004 |
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3 |
35.7794 |
-90.2633 |
6/6/2005 |
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Dicrotophos |
64.1 |
ug/L |
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Well
Mississippi-03 was sampled seven times over the course of nine months. |
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Fluometuron |
6.1 |
ug/L |
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Several
pesticides were detected in small quantities, but Thiamethoxam continued |
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Tribufos |
30.1 |
ug/L |
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to be detected at relatively high
concentrations. |
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8/22/2005 |
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Thiamethoxam |
10173 |
ug/L |
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10/18/2005 |
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Prometryn |
0.8 |
ug/L |
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Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was kept informed of the |
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Thiamethoxam |
11585 |
ug/L |
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findings throughout this time. An investigation into the source
discovered that the |
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Tribufos |
6.5 |
ug/L |
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owner of the well had allowed other farmers to
use the well as a source of water |
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11/7/2005 |
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Thiamethoxam |
140.3 |
ug/L |
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for
pesticide mixing. Once this practice
was stopped, the level of pesticides detected |
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Tribufos |
0.6 |
ug/L |
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began to decrease until no more pesticides were
found in the well. |
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11/30/2005 |
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Thiamethoxam |
774 |
ug/L |
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1/5/2006 |
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Thiamethoxam |
11 |
ug/L |
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The well was declared as posing “no health
hazard to the public” by DHHS. |
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2/27/2006 |
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No Detection |
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The
well owner had the casing removed from the ground after no more pesticides |
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4 |
35.7911 |
-90.2583 |
6/6/2005 |
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were detected. |
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5 |
35.8153 |
-90.2492 |
8/22/2005 |
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6 |
35.8022 |
-90.1781 |
8/22/2005 |
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35.7792 |
-90.2564 |
8/22/2005 |
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8 |
35.7836 |
-90.2583 |
10/18/2005 |
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