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Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams

http://toxics.usgs.gov/pubs/FS-027-02

Describes and illustrates that a broad range of chemicals found in residential, industrial, and agricultural wastewaters commonly occur in mixtures at low concentrations downstream from areas of intense urbanization and animal production.

by Buxton, Herbert T. and Kolpin, Dana W.
U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 027-02
Related topics:
Field inventory and monitoring, Hydrology, Pharmaceutical contamination, Surface water quality, Streams
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