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Table 4 Endosulfan levels detected in Piketberg

From: Contamination of rural surface and ground water by endosulfan in farming areas of the Western Cape, South Africa

DATE

Sites and Concentration in μg/L

 

P1b

P2d

P3b

P4r

P5r

P6r

P7b

P8t

13/5/98

0.13

nd

nd

(0.02)

nd

nd

ns

ns

20/5/98

ns

nd

ns

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

1/7/98

nd

(0.09)

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

2/9/98

nd

0.12

nd

(0.01)

(0.04)

nd

(0.02)

ns

7/10/98

(0.05)

0.24

0.249

nd

nd

(0.07)

(0.01)

26.3

11/11/98

0.13

0.20

(0.01)

0.20

0.07

0.25

1.15

0.06

25/11/98

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

27/01/99

nd

nd

nd

nd

1.05

ns

nd

1.123

17/02/99

0.47

0.67

nd

0.18

0.1

nd

0.21

(0.09)

10/03/99

0.44

0.13

nd

0.36

0.34

ns

0.59

0.16

31/03/99

nd

nd

nd

0.24

nd

ns

nd

nd

22/04/99

nd

(0.08)

(0.08)

nd

nd

ns

0.27

nd

28/04/99

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

ns

Mean (SD)

0.10 (0.17)

0.118 (0.185)

0.03 (0.07)

0.078 (0.123)

0.123 (0.294)

0.04 (0.088)

0.19 (0.35)

2.774 (8.277)

n

12

13

12

13

13

8

12

10

% positive samples *

42

54

25

46

38

25

50

50

  1. ns = Not sampled; nd = not detected (no discernable peak, less than 0.01 μg/L; () = less than quantification limit; * positive samples = samples in which endosulfan was detected (including those below the quantification limit)