Pesticide residues in estuarine mollusks, 1977 versus 1972--National Pesticide Monitoring Program

Bivalve mollusks were monitored for residues of 20 organochlorine and organophosphate pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in spring 1977 in 87 of the 181 estuaries routinely monitored on a monthly basis during 1965--72. DDT, the only pesticide detected in 1977, occurred at low levels in one estuary each on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.