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  1. 2,4-D (2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid)

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1546

    GENERAL INFORMATION 2,4-D is a colorless, odorless powder. 2,4-D is used as a herbicide for the control of broad-leaf weeds in agriculture, and for control of woody plants along roadsides, railways, and utilities rights of way. The major source of 2,4-D i ...

  2. 2,4,5-TP (Silvex)

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    GENERAL INFORMATION 2,4,5-TP is a white organic powder with little odor. Until Silvex was banned in 1985, the greatest use of 2,4,5-TP was as a post emergence herbicide for control of woody plants and broadleaf herbaceous weeds in rice and bluegrass turf, ...

  3. Nitrite (as N)

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    HEALTH ADVISORY Infants below the age of six months who drink water containing nitrate in excess of the MCL could become seriously ill and, if untreated, may die. Symptoms include shortness of breath and blue baby syndrome. 1.00 ppm mg/L ppm Nutrient MCL ...

  4. Nitrate (as N)

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    GENERAL INFORMATION Nitrates (NO 3) in drinking water usually originates from fertilizers or from animal or human wastes. Nitrate concentrations in water tend to be highest in areas of intensive agriculture or where there is a high density of septic syste ...

  5. Meet with Your Advisor

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/node/684

    Our college provides you with several advisors to help you plan your degree and resolve academic issues. Your Faculty Advisor teaches classes in your major Your Coordinating Advisor serves as a backup to your faculty advisor. Click here to see a list of C ...

  6. Dean's List

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/node/674

    Students completing a minimum of 12 graded credit hours with a GPA of 3.5 or higher for any given term will be named to the Dean's List for that term in the college in which they are enrolled. Courses graded satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) or pass/ ...

  7. Iron

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1519

    GENERAL INFORMATION Iron is common in the earth's crust. Iron is often found in water because of the large amount of iron present in the soil, sediment, and bedrock. It is also found in water because corrosive water will pick up iron from pipes. Iron ...

  8. Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/node/1535

    GENERAL INFORMATION Chemical oxygen demand (COD) is an indicator test commonly used to indirectly measure the amount of organic compound pollutants in water. Most applications of COD determine the amount of organic pollutants found in surface water (e.g. ...

  9. Uranium

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    GENERAL INFORMATION Most drinking water sources have very low levels of uranium if shallow wells (under oxidizing conditions). Most uranium is naturally occurring, although contamination of drinking water sources from human-made nuclear materials can also ...

  10. Radon

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    GENERAL INFORMATION Radon is a gas that has no color, odor, or taste and comes from the natural radioactive breakdown of uranium in the ground. You can be exposed to radon through air and water. Radon is also found in small amounts in outdoor air. Most of ...

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