Many floors in U. S. homes have 'measurable' levels of pesticides

Monday, June 22, 2009 - 09:35 in Earth & Climate

Insecticides used in and around homes - including products voluntarily removed from the market years ago - were measured on the floors of U.S. residences, according to the first study large enough to generate national data on pesticide residues in homes. It is published in the 15 June issue of ACS' semi-monthly journal Environmental Science and Technology...

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