| |
| Web URL(s): | http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/mitgc/article/199569.pdf
Last checked: 02/20/2009
Requires: PDF Reader |
|---|
| Publication Type:
| Proceedings |
|---|
| Author(s): | Kenna, Michael P. |
|---|
| Author Affiliation: | United States Golf Association, Stillwater, OK |
|---|
| Title: | Protecting ground and surface water |
|---|
| Meeting Info.: | East Lansing, MI: January 17-19, 1995 |
|---|
| Source: | Proceedings of the 65th Annual Michigan Turfgrass Conference. Vol. 24, 1995, p. 69-78. |
|---|
| Publishing Information: | East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University |
|---|
| # of Pages: | 10 |
|---|
| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Fate; Environmental pollution; Fertilizers; Chemicals; Groundwater; USEPA; Environmental protection; Pesticides; Golf courses in the environment
|
|---|
| Abstract/Contents: | "Protecting ground and surface water from chemical pollutants is a national initiative. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that 1.2 billion pounds of pesticides are sold annually in the Unites States. About 70 percent of the pesticides applied are used for agriculture production of food and fiber. Only a small fraction of this amount is used on golf courses. Yet, increased public concern about chemicals has drawn attention to golf because of the perception that the intense maintenance on golf courses creates the potential for environmental contamination. In the 1980's, golf was faced with a dilemma. On one hand, regulatory agencies responding to public concern routinely initiated environmental monitoring programs of ground and surface water. On the other hand, very little public information was available on the behavior and the fate of pesticides and fertilizers applied to turfgrass. Probing, sometimes over zealous federal and state regulators looking for point source polluters raised concerns about a recreational game which had relied on the integrity of chemical companies and the EPA to provide products and guidelines that protect the environment. There were lots of questions but few answers. In 1991, the game of golf needed to have few answers to environmental questions, and the USGA wanted these answers based on scientific facts, not emotions. The USGA initiated a three-year study on the fate of pesticides and fertilizers applied under golf course conditions. This article first briefly describes what is known about the fate of chemicals used on golf courses and provides some supporting documentation to help choose a pesticide. Highlights of the research project are then summarized." |
|---|
| Language: | English |
|---|
| References: | 0 |
|---|
| Note: | Tables
Figures |
|---|
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Kenna, M. P. 1995. Protecting ground and surface water. p. 69-78. In Proceedings of the 65th Annual Michigan Turfgrass Conference. East Lansing, MI: January 17-19, 1995. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University. |
| Fastlink to access this record outside TGIF: https://tic.msu.edu/tgif/flink?recno=37287 |
| If there are problems with this record, send us feedback about record 37287. |
| Choices for finding the above item: |
|---|
| Web URL(s):
http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/mitgc/article/199569.pdf
Last checked: 02/20/2009
Requires: PDF Reader |
| 
MSU catalog number: SB 433 .A1 M47 |
| Request through your local library's inter-library loan service (bring or send a copy of this TGIF record) |
