Pesticides In Ground Water
Pesticides In Ground Water

Author: Jack E. Barbash

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1997-05-01

Total Pages: 616

ISBN-13: 9781575040059

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Pesticides in Ground Water is an amazing compilation of actual results from laboratory studies, field experiments, and well-sampling surveys ranging in scope from individual towns to the entire nation. The authors summarizes what is currently known about the physical, chemical, and biological processes that govern the sources, transport, spatial and temporal distributions, and fate of pesticides and their transformation products in ground water. Their conclusion is meticulously documented and illustrated with maps, tables, graphs and charts. In today's world, our dependence on pesticides causes a willful ignorance to their implications. Pesticides in Ground Water is a compelling wake-up call, supported with dedication and concern.

Pesticides in Stream Sediment and Aquatic Biota
Pesticides in Stream Sediment and Aquatic Biota

Author: Lisa H. Nowell

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2019-06-12

Total Pages: 912

ISBN-13: 1000611035

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More than 20 years after the ban of DDT and other organochlorine pesticides, pesticides continue to be detected in air, rain, soil, surface water, bed sediment, and aquatic and terrestrial biota throughout the world. Recent research suggests that low levels of some of these pesticides may have the potential to affect the development, reproduction,

The Triazine Herbicides
The Triazine Herbicides

Author: Janis Mc Farland Ph.D.

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2011-08-19

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 0080559638

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Over the past 50 years, triazines have made a great impact on agriculture and world hunger by assisting in the development of new farming methods, providing greater farming and land use capabilities, and increasing crop yields. Triazines are registered in over 80 countries and save billions of dollars a year. The Triazine Herbicides is the one book that presents a comprehensive view of the total science and agriculture of these chemicals. With emphasis on how the chemicals are studied and developed, reviewed, and used at the agricultural level this book provides valuable insight into the benefits of triazine herbicides for sustainable agriculture. - Presents previously unpublished information on the discovery, development and marketing of herbicides - Includes a vital section on the origin, use, economics and fate of triazine herbicides - Covers benefits of triazines in corn and sorghum, sugarcane, citrus, fruit and nut crops - Establishes best management practice and environmental benefits of use in conservation tillage

Handbook of Environmental Health, Two Volume Set
Handbook of Environmental Health, Two Volume Set

Author: Herman Koren

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2019-06-24

Total Pages: 1560

ISBN-13: 143983296X

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The two-volume Handbook of Environmental Health, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive but concise discussion of important environmental health areas, including energy, ecology and people, environmental epidemiology, risk assessment and risk management, environmental law, air quality management, food protection, insect control, rodent control, pe