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Science 11 December 1964:
Vol. 146. no. 3650, pp. 1480 - 1481
DOI: 10.1126/science.146.3650.1480
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Chlorinated Insecticides: Fate in Aqueous Suspensions Containing Mosquito Larvae

M. C. Bowman 1, Fred Acree Jr. 1, C. S. Lofgren 1, and Morton Beroza 1

1 Entomology Research Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Tifton, Georgia; Gainesville, Florida; Beltsville, Maryland

Aldrin, p,p'-DDT, dieldrin, gamma chlordane. heptachlor, heptachlor epoxide, J-hydroxychlordene, and lindane were bioassayed against larvae of Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say; the remnant amounts of insecticide and metabolites in larvae and medium were determined by electron-affinity gas chromatography. The insecticides were surprisingly nonpersistent at concentrations normally used.

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