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| Author(s): | Busey, Phil |
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| Author Affiliation: | Associate Professor, Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS, Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
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| Title: | MSMA: A loaded gun to your head? |
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| Section: | Up front
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| Source: | North Carolina Turfgrass. Vol. 21, No. 1, February/March 2003, p. 7-8. |
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| Publishing Information: | Southern Pines, NC: The Turfgrass Council of North Carolina, Inc. |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: MSMA; Cynodon; Groundwater contamination; Carcinogens; Arsenic; Soil contamination; Health; Pesticide safety; Herbicide degradation
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses the risks associated with the use of of monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA), which is "the most effective broad-spectrum postemergence grass herbicide for use in bermudagrass golf and sports turf. It's also a heavy element and Class A human carcinogen." Describes the amount of arsenic added to the environment with each application of MSMA. Explains that "arsenic has only slight volatility, that is, tendency to evaporate; therefore additional applications will, for the most part, either accumulate at increasinly higher concentrations in soil, or move in water." Explains the problems associated with aresenic in groundwater and soil. States that "the chronic effects of small doses are not easily predicted, but arsenic is not good to be in contact with." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: M S M A |
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| Note: | "This article was written explicitly for a Florida online readership but the message should be a warning to any turfgrass professional who is managing bermudagrass."
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Busey, P. 2003. MSMA: A loaded gun to your head?. N.C. Turfgrass. 21(1):p. 7-8. |
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