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Keywords: chemical control, use of model ecosystems to trace insecticide movement and change, limitations of model ecosystems, types of model ecosystems, radio-labeled compounds and radio-medical technique, radioisotopes, position of radio label, radio purity, detection of radio activity, operation of model ecosystems, terrestrial aquatic model ecosystems, replicability of model ecosystems, terrestrial model ecosystems, screening of new compounds, degradative pathways, comparative metabolism, insecticide interactions, microbial degradation