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Report of the sub-committee on the environment and health.

Table 4.4
Pesticides detected in groundwater in county authorities, water companies and DMU’s expanded analytical programmes. The situation in March 1998 from GEUS (Brüsch et al. 1998). Consumption data from Bekæmpelsesmiddelstatistik (Pesticide Statistics) 1997 (Danish Environmental Protection Agency 1998a).

Pesticide/metabolite

Number of analyses, total

Number of detections > 0.01 mg per litre

Number of detections ³ 0.1 mg per litre

Consumption in 1997 in kg a.i.
4.1.1.1.1 Atrazine

1287

93

10

B
DesisopropylatrazineM

957

139

32

MB
DesethylatrazineM

941

110

22

MB
HydroxyatrazineM

270

31

13

MB
2,4-Da

1281

10

0

677
MCPAa

1280

33

7

79512
Mechlorpropa

1276

68

6

14586
Simazinea

1275

101

6

20270
Dichlorpropa

1265

73

5

4560
Dinoseb

1254

16

2

  
DNOC

1254

19

0

B
Bentazona

953

115

10

79317
Hexazinone

948

14

5

B
Cyanazine

942

9

1

B
Carbofurana

861

6

0

6896
HydroxycarbofuranM

182

1

1

  
Terbuthylazine

856

10

1

62636
DesethylterbuthylazineM

223

2

1

  
HydroxyterbuthylazinM

182

10

0

  
Isoproturon

853

13

3

541365

B
Dimethoate

773

3

0

34927
2,6 Dichlorobenzamide
(BAM)M

753

260

125

MB
Metamitron

691

24

2

207298
Pirimicarba

415

2

0

7190
Propiconazole

415

2

1

86355
Ioxynila

414

2

1

92130
Diurona

401

3

1

22695
Metazachlor

392

4

0

B
2,4-dichlorophenolM

367

3

2

  
Dichlobenil

354

6

0

B
Metribuzina

291

2

1

12389
Pendimethalin

190

4

0

357928
Benazolin

182

1

0

B
Fluazifop

182

1

0

10704
4-chloro-, 2-methylphenol M

152

15

12

  
Ethylene thiourea (ETU) M

116

10

5

  
2-(2,6-dichlorophenoxy)-propionic acidM (DCPP, 2,6-)

104

1

0

  
2-(4-chlorophenoxy)-propionic acidM/u (CPP, 4-)

104

2

1

  
Sebutylazine*

26

1

0

B*

a.i. = active ingredient
a = Substance reviewed or permitted with limited use or authorised on certain conditions
* = the substance has not been permitted in Denmark
Bold text = the 8 GRUMO substances
M = Metabolite/degradation product
u = Possible impurity in pesticide
B = Banned/withdrawn
MB = metabolite from banned/withdrawn pesticide

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