Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • Who We Are
    • Board of Directors
    • Operations Team
    • Our Partners
    • Employment Opportunities
    • Newsletter
    • RFPs
  • Programs & Projects
    • All
    • Clean Water
      • Regional Monitoring Program for SF Bay
    • Environmental Informatics
    • Resilient Landscapes
  • Library
  • Data Center
  • Calendar
  • Search

Passage of fiproles and imidacloprid from urban pest control uses through wastewater treatment plants in northern California

Home
Sadaria, A. M.; Sutton, R.; Moran, K. D.; Teerlink, J.; Brown, J. V.; Halden, R. U. 2016. Passage of fiproles and imidacloprid from urban pest control uses through wastewater treatment plants in northern California. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry . SFEI Contribution No. 783.
  • RTF
  • Tagged

Related Projects, News, and Events:

Photograph courtesy CA Dept. of Pesticide Regulation

The Dirt on Flea Control: New RMP Study featured in Estuary News (News)

It’s hard to go to the big box pet store and not stumble over the flea control displays. Most pet owners have dabbed or squirted Frontline or Advantage between their cat’s shoulder bones or onto the back of their dog’s neck, but who would guess this same chemical would make its way off our pet’s fur, down the drain, through wastewater treatment, and into the Bay? For more on this new RMP study, read the full story by Ariel Rubissow Okamoto in Estuary News.

Photograph courtesy CA Dept. of Pesticide Regulation

Local coverage of RMP findings on flea control pesticide fipronil (News)

A report from ABC7's Dan Ashley on May 17, 2017 highlighted key findings from a recent RMP study on the pesticide fipronil. The study identified spot-on flea control products as likely to be an important source of this contaminant to the Bay.

RMP Study in the News: “Dog and cat flea treatments suspected of polluting San Francisco Bay” (News)

As a result of summary information presented in the latest Pulse of the Bay (see below), the San Jose Mercury News published an article based on a RMP study of pesticide movement through Bay Area wastewater treatment plants.  Fipronil is an insecticide that is of moderate concern for the Bay because levels in sediment are in the range of toxicity thresholds for freshw

webfeedback@sfei.org
Sign up for our Newsletter

Phone: 510.746.7334
Fax: 510.746.7300

4911 Central Ave
Richmond, CA 94804


Copyright 2016 SFEI|ASC.
All rights reserved.