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# Pesticide In The Sediment

Pesticide in the sediment layer underlying a water body is increased through addition of mass by settling and diffusion from the water. The amount of pesticide in the sediment layer is reduced through removal by degradation, resuspension, diffusion into the overlying water, and burial.