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| Publication Type:
| Newsletter |
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| Author(s): | Anonymous |
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| Title: | The Fate of Pesticides in the Environment |
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| Source: | Newsnotes (Michigan Turfgrass Foundation). Winter 1989, p. 16-17. |
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| Publishing Information: | Saginaw, MI: Michigan Turfgrass Foundation |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Leaching; Surface runoff; Absorption; Residues; Non-target effects; Volatility; Uptake; Degradation; Pesticides; Pesticide safety; Environment; Groundwater
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| Abstract/Contents: | Describes the three major types of pesticide fate processes: adsorption binds pesticides, transfer processes move pesticides, and degradation processes break them down. These processes can be beneficial by moving a pesticide to the target area or by destroying its potentially harmful residues. Or the process may be detrimental, leading to reduced control of a target pest, injury of nontarget plants and animals, or environmental damage such as groundwater contamination. Describes: 1) Pesticide transfer by volatilization, runoff, leaching, absorption or uptake, and crop removal; and 2) Pesticide degradation through microbial or chemical activity, or photodegradation by light. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | See also related article: "Pesticides and Groundwater", p. 4-5, R=16810 R=16810 |
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| Note: | Credit: Agrichemical Fact Sheet #8, Cooperative Extension Service, Penn State University, University Park, PA. |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Anonymous. 1989. The Fate of Pesticides in the Environment. Newsnotes (Michigan Turfgrass Foundation). p. 16-17. |
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