Terrestrial Field Dissipation Studies: Purpose, Design, and Interpretation (ACS Symposium Series)
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Overview
Terrestrial Field Dissipation Studies: Purpose, Design, and Interpretation discusses the design, conduct, and interpretation of terrestrial field dissipation studies. Field studies provide information on the effects of agricultural chemicals in the environment. Field studies differ from laboratory studies because they study the effects of active ingredients in soil and/or water under actual field conditions as opposed to a controlled environment in the laboratory.
Terrestrial Field Dissipation Studies: Purpose, Design, and Interpretation includes analytical method requirements, examples of modeling pesticide dissipation, and summaries of regulatory guidelines, such as the EPA/PMRA proposed guidance in 1998.
Synopsis
Twenty contributions represent work from industrial and university- based researchers working in agricultural, environmental chemistry, environmental toxicologogy, entomology, and other related areas. They address a variety of issues including a US industry viewpoint on the design and use of terrestrial field dissipation studys; pesticide environmental risk assessment; spatial variability of herbicide sorption on soil; electronic soil moisture measurements in federal groundwater studies; the dissipation from vegetation and exposure to non-target organisms when using Diazanon in apple orchards; experiments in a volatilization chamber under simulated outdoor conditions; and chlorothalonil dissipation after multiple applications in peanuts. Includes four pages of color plates. Distributed by Oxford University Press. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR