Synthetic Pyrethroid Pesticides in California Riverine and Estuarine Environments: Research Studies

Selected Research Articles:

Contaminant Effects on California Bay-Delta Species and Human Health
(FONG et al., 2016)
https://cloudfront.escholarship.org/dist/prd/content/qt52m780xj/qt52m780xj.pdf?t=oj8bqw

Pyrethroid Insecticides and Sediment Toxicity in Urban Creeks from California and Tennessee
(AMWEG et al., 2006)
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/tmdl/records/region_2/2008/ref2462.pdf

Environmental Modeling and Exposure Assessment of Sediment-Associated Pyrethroids in an Agricultural Watershed
(LUO and ZHANG, 2011)
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0015794&type=printable

Urban and Agricultural Sources of Pyrethroid Insecticides to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta of California
(WESTON and LYDY, 2010)
https://sustainability.water.ca.gov/documents/18/3334111/Insecticides+in+the+Sacramento-San+Joaquin+Delta.pdf

Pyrethroid Insecticides:  An Analysis of Use Patterns, Distributions, Potential Toxicity and Fate in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Central Valley
(OROS and WERNER, 2005)
https://training.fws.gov/resources/course-resources/pesticides/Aquatic%20Effects/pyrethroids_white_paper_final.pdf

Distribution and Persistence in Pyrethroids in Runoff Sediments
(GAN et al., 2005)
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/e820/6018288b79b1260c5b7f87e1462156a0eb9f.pdf

Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board Publication:

Amendment to the Water Quality Control Plan for the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River Basins for the Control of Pyrethroid Pesticides Discharges
(FOJUT et al., 2017)
https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/tmdl/central_valley_projects/central_valley_pesticides/pyrethroid_tmdl_bpa/2017_0608_pyrbpa_staffrpt.pdf

Website:

Pyrethrins and Pyrethroids
[U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]
https://www.epa.gov/ingredients-used-pesticide-products/pyrethrins-and-pyrethroids