Pesticide Transformation Products: Fate and Significance in the Environment: 459 (ACS Symposium Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 084121994X ISBN 13: 9780841219946

Publisher: American Chemical Society, 1991

Synopsis

This new volume is the first available resource on the fate, effects, and significance of pesticide transformation product. Highlights the growing awareness that pesticides are transformed to other chemicals that are often still biologically active. Its opening chapters provide excellent overviews of pesticide degradation mechanisms and products. Subsequent chapters are divided into two sections focusing on the fate of transformation products in the physical and biological environment and the significance of transformation products in crop protection and environmental contamination, including their effects on nontarget species and the legal implications of pesticide transformation products in the environment. Presents both the risks and benefits associated with these products.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Chemical Society
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 084121994X
• ISBN 13: 9780841219946
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 308
• Editor: Somasundaram L., Coats Joel R.