Storm runoff and sewage treatment outflow contaminated with household pesticides

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 07:00 in Earth & Climate

Pyrethroids, among the most widely-used home pesticides, are winding up in California rivers at levels toxic to some stream-dwellers, possibly endangering the food supply of fish and other aquatic animals, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Southern Illinois University (SIU)...

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