Answer to Question #143447 in General Chemistry for yara

Question

While spraying your lawn with 2-4D (an herbicide) on a windy day, about 25 g blows into your swimming pool (volume 500,000 L). The maximum acceptable concentration for 2-4D in drinking water is 0.10 ppm. Would you swim in the pool? Justify your answer

Answer 1

Concentration in the pool= 25g/500000L = 0.00005g/L

Maximum concentration of drinking water = 0.1ppm = 0.0001g/L

Since the concentration in the pool has not supersede the maximum concentration, then I can still swim in it