Dieldrin in the subsurface (30-50 cm) for various land-use-land combinations

What is there to see: Dieldrin content (Relative versus median) for subsurface (30-50 cm) for 5 land-use land-type combinations in the Netherlands.

Comments on: The product is mainly used in arable farming. Although this plant protection product has been out of the market since 1984, concentrations are still found; the drug is persistent, i.e. it is poorly degradable. There is a background value in the form of a sum standard (together with aldrin and endrin), which is 15 μg/kg.

What is the Value: warning effect. The reader sees how long these pesticides remain in the environment. Even if there is a policy to ban the sale, you are not yet out of it, because the remains of previous years are still in the environment.

Important for: Ecological capital and ecosystem services. Diffuse soil contamination has an impact on the potential for exploiting ecosystem services.