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Mississippi

Result # of Analysis # of Stations w/Analysis Units Min Max Average Std. Dev.
GW 1 1 ug/l .01 .01 .01 0

 Suspended material in the Mississippi River transports the following sparingly soluble synthetic chlorinated pesticides and industrial chemicals: aldrin, chlorthalonil, chlordane, DCPA, DDT, DDE, DDD, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide, hexachloro-benzene, lindane, methoxychlor, mirex, pentachloroanisole, pentachlorobenzene, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and trifluralin.

http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/circ1133/polychlorinated.html

 

 

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