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Table 1.--Summary of pesticides in rain at St. Paul, Minnesota, May through September 1989.
[Total number of samples is 21, analyzed at the University of Minnesota; mg/L, micrograms per liter]
Common name
Brand name
Percent detection
Maximum concentration


( mg/L)

Date of maximum concentration
Atrazine
Aatrex
    81
    1.6
May 23
Alachlor
Lasso
    67
    1.3
May 29
Cyanazine
Bladex
    52
    3.8
May 23


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