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Pesticides, Organic Contaminants, and Pathogens in Air: Chemodynamics, Health Effects, Sampling, and Analysis book cover

1st Edition

Pesticides, Organic Contaminants, and Pathogens in Air Chemodynamics, Health Effects, Sampling, and Analysis

By James N. Seiber, Thomas M. Cahill Copyright 2022
260 Pages 73 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

260 Pages 73 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

The air is an important but largely unrecognized source of contaminant fate in the environment, including transport of pesticides and contaminants to nontarget areas and exposures for people and wildlife. This book summarizes and places in perspective the potential transport, transformation, and health implications of pesticides and contaminants in air, including the air we breathe. It delves... Read more

1. Introduction: A Summary with New Perspectives

2. Historical and Current Uses of Pesticides

3. Physical and Chemical Properties of Pesticides and Other Contaminants: Volatilization, Adsorption, Environmental Distribution, and Reactivity

4. Pesticide Exposure and Impact on Humans and Ecosystems

5. Environmental Fate Models, with Emphasis on Those Applicable to Air

6. Sampling and Analysis

7. Pesticides in Fog

8. Fumigants

9. Trifluoroacetic Acid from CFC Replacements: An Atmospheric Toxicant Becomes a Terrestrial Problem

10. Drift

11. Viruses, Pathogens, and Other Contaminants

12. Biopesticides and the Toolbox Approach to Pest Management

13. Conclusions

Biography

James N. Seiber is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Davis; and Thomas M. Cahill is Associate Professor at Arizona State University, Phoenix.

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