Transboundary Diagnosis Analysis - Tables
Levels of Pesticides in the Sediment on the Floor of Lake Nicaragua

Pesticide

Maximum admissible conc. in ground-level waters (picogram/l)

Range observed in sediment
Min (picogram/g)
Max (picogram/g)

Aldrin

10

-

67.76

Dieldrin

5

66.92

-

Endrin

4

-

66.80

Heptachloride

10

-

84.34

Lindane

20

55.57

181.30

p.p. DDT

2*

-

199.58

p.p DDE

2*

78.92

790.27

 

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