Intensive studies of DDT residues in forest soil.
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Approximately 6,000 tons of technical DDT were sprayed over i0 million acres of forest land around New Brunswick (N.B.), Canada, between 1952 and 1968, as part of the regional spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana Clemens) control program (MACDONALD, 1966). Intensive ecological research on DDT in the forest environment has been concentrated around the Priceville area of Central N.B. since 1966 (MACDONALD and DUFFY, 1968). The 1,050 acre Priceville plot was selected to represent the locality having the heaviest DDT-dosage record for N.B. forests, namely 70 ounces (oz.) per acre applied between 1956 and 1967.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology
دوره 9 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1973