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Pesticides and their degradates in groundwater reflect past use and current management strategies, Long Island, New York, USA

August 23, 2020

Long Island, New York, has a mix of urban/suburban to agricultural/horticultural land use and nearly 3 million residents that rely on a sole-source aquifer for drinking water. The analysis of shallow groundwater (

Publication Year 2020
Title Pesticides and their degradates in groundwater reflect past use and current management strategies, Long Island, New York, USA
DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141895
Authors Irene Fisher, Patrick J. Phillips, Banu Bayraktar, Shirley Chen, Brendan A. McCarthy, Mark W. Sandstrom
Publication Type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Series Title Science of the Total Environment
Index ID 70212622
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization National Water Quality Laboratory; New England Water Science Center; New York Water Science Center
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