Abstract:Summar y Dichlorvos and fenitrothion were detected frequently in rainwater collected at Yokohama Environmental Science Research Institute located in the Isogo ward of Yokohama in 2001 and 2002. Further, some rainwater samples in 2003 had a lethal effect on Daphnia magna after adding minerals. Thus, toxic potency of insecticide in rainwater (wet deposition) was considered to be an important problem for environmental protection. However, there were few studies on the atmospheric dry deposition of organophosphoro… Show more
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