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Effects of Herbicides on Water and Its Inhabitants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

W. R. Mullison
W. R. Mullison*
Affiliation:
Agricultural Department, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan
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Abstract

There is little evidence that herbicides from agronomic or industrial usage are reaching or accumulating in our water supplies in amounts to cause a pollution problem. Fish tolerance to weed killers varies with their size and species as well as with differences in the aquatic site. There may be variation to different forms of the active ingredient. Other components in a formulation may be more toxic than the herbicide itself. Therefore, the LD50 of different formulations should be determined. In addition, the manner and other circumstances involving application of a herbicide may change its toxicity to water inhabitants. Our current knowledge of the effects of herbicides on fish, plankton, and other water inhabitants indicate that harmful effects with our present herbicides, when such exist, are only temporary. Available evidence suggests there is no biological magnification problem with herbicides.

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Weed Science , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , November 1970 , pp. 738 - 750
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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