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An examination of major elements of the strategies of integrated pest control such as: pesticide increased agricultural production; socioeconomics of pesticides; pesticide use cost/benefit ratios; and human health and pesticides. ... Read more

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Identifying and remediating environmental contamination is a complex and very expensive problem worldwide. Pollution of soil and water by pesticides is a significant issue that persists for years after the pesticide application ceases. Pesticide Properties in the Environment is a unique database compiled from extensive literature searches. It presents data on hundreds of pesticides, including their common, commercial, and scientific names, their chemical formulas, and their environmental properties including water solubility, field half-life, sorption coefficient, and vapor pressure. All data is carefully cited to original references, and is presented both in printed form and as an electronic database. Pesticide Properties in the Environment will be invaluable for environmental scientists, engineers, and consultants, as well as soil scientists and water quality specialists. ... Read more

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Updates all of the key areas in pesticide chemistry and related activities. ... Read more

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Recent policy decisions aimed at improving and safeguarding regional surface and subsurface water quality often result in activities at state and local levels to regulate the sale and/or use of many common lawn fertilizer and pesticide products.Clear, comprehensive distribution of the research data generated during the last decade on the environmental fate of fertilizer nutrients and plant protection chemicals in the urban environment is critical to enable informed decisions by our public officials.This book records the proceedings of a RISE-ACS co-sponsored workshop (October 12-13, 2005) designed to provide a forum for turf researchers and environmental scientists to present research and practical information addressing the realities of turfgrass risk/benefits and how appropriate maintenance practices performed on urban lawns can impact water quality. ... Read more

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The Truth About the Environmental Fate of Chemicals in Real-World Turfgrass Conditions
This book provided excellent original research on the fate of turfgrass nutrients and chemicals in real-world turfgrass use patterns.I especially liked Chapter 13, the fate of clopyralid herbicide using soil monoliths/lysimeters. ... Read more

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Every minute, someone in the Third World becomes a victim of pesticide poisoning. Circle of Poison documents the international marketing of restricted pesticides. ... Read more

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The book covers the various aspects of the use of pesticides,their behavior, degradation, and impacts in wetland ricefields, andpresents the results of surveys conducted in the Philippines andThailand. It includes both bibliographic reviews and selected aspectsof the experimental results of a research project on pesticide impactsin wetland ricefields. The first phase of the `Pesticide Impact'project was developed in the Philippines from 1989 to 1991. It was amultidisciplinary/collaborative approach involving scientists fromIRRI, NRI (England), ORSTOM (France), UPLB (Philippines) who studiedthe effects of pesticides on the environment and on farmers' health,and the economical aspects of their use.
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This work contains the proceedings of the 1984 Environment and Chemicals in Agriculture symposium, held in Dublin, Ireland. ... Read more

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This new volume is the first available resource on the fate, effects, and significance of pesticide transformation product. Highlights the growing awareness that pesticides are transformed to other chemicals that are often still biologically active. Its opening chapters provide excellent overviews of pesticide degradation mechanisms and products. Subsequent chapters are divided into two sections focusing on the fate of transformation products in the physical and biological environment and the significance of transformation products in crop protection and environmental contamination, including their effects on nontarget species and the legal implications of pesticide transformation products in the environment. Presents both the risks and benefits associated with these products. ... Read more

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A report on the proceedings of the 7th project of the Scientific Group on Methodologies for the Safety Evaluation of Chemicals. Addresses the problems which pesticides may pose to non-target organisms, humans, animals, plants, microorganisms and ecosystems. Topics include assessment and control of exposure of organisms to pesticides, acute and chronic toxicity in humans and damage to ecosystems. Recommendations are made on research needs and on ways of mitigating the problems due to pesticide use. ... Read more