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    • Concentrations of pesticides in silicone bands placed in National Wildlife Refuges of the Sacramento River Valley of California, 2023

    Metadata Updated: January 6, 2026

    To better understand pesticide exposure, silicone band samples were placed in five National Wildlife Refuges in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California. Silicone bands, used as aerial passive sampling collection devices, were flag-pinned half a meter off the ground and deployed for 28 days in the spring of 2023 (total of 176 bands). Upon retrieval, silicone bands were extracted via sonication with ethyl acetate and evaporated to 0.2 milliliters in acetonitrile. Samples were analyzed for 198 pesticides and degradates using both gas and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Overall, 36 pesticides and degradates were detected in the silicone bands.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date September 14, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 6, 2026

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    Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 14, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date January 6, 2026
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
    Maintainer
    Identifier http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/usgs-66c647c0d34e0338828ab1d7
    Data Last Modified 2024-09-26T00:00:00Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:12
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://ddi.doi.gov/usgs-data.json
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    Harvest Object Id 704c6111-86eb-4611-9e55-2e19834cb126
    Harvest Source Id 2b80d118-ab3a-48ba-bd93-996bbacefac2
    Harvest Source Title DOI USGS DCAT-US
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash ebd1b27d13d369e82fe374daa56c66a52b07c3149d3d26e6e66e31263e61f5d2
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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