| Category | Contaminant | Concentration Tested (mg/L)1 | Detected ≤1 hour n = 4/4 chips |
| Pesticides | Aldicarb | 0.17 | no |
| Arsenic (sodium arsenite) | 4.5 | yes | |
| Azide (sodium azide) | 46.7 | yes | |
| Fenamiphos | 0.56 | no | |
| Methamidophos | 1.4 | no | |
| Methyl parathion | 33.6 | yes | |
| Paraquat (dichloride) | 4.6 | no | |
| Pentachlorophenate (sodium) | 71.9 | yes | |
| Industrial Chemicals | Ammonia | 924 | yes |
| Copper (copper II sulfate) | 103 | yes | |
| Cyanide (sodium) | 14 | yes | |
| Mercury (chloride) | 24.7 | yes | |
| Toluene | 444 | yes | |
| Clean Water2 | none | NA | no |
| 1Concentrations tested are the same as in the manuscript by Widder, et al. (2014). | |||
| 240 clean water samples were run with no contamination. |
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