Pesticides in the Atmosphere
Subtitle: Distribution, Trends, and Governing Factors (Pesticides in the Hydrologic System)
Publisher: CRC
Published: January 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Loose leaf
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781575040042
Subjects: Atmospheric pollution; Hydrology (freshwater); Insecticides & pesticides; Reference works; Water supply & treatment; Environmental aspects; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Environmental Studies; United States; Pesticides; Environmental Science; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection; Atmospheric diffusion; Air; Pollution
First sentence: About 1.1 billion pounds of pesticides currently are used each year in the United States to control many different types of weeds, insects, and other pests in a wide variety of agricultural and nonagricultural settings as shown in Figure 1.1 (Aspelin and others, 1992; Aspelin, 1994).