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Determination of Pesticides and Their Transformation Products in Air

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Environmental Dynamics of Pesticides

Part of the book series: Environmental Science Research ((ESRH,volume 6))

Abstract

The atmosphere has been postulated as a major route for the widespread distribution of the more persistent pesticides in the environment (Risebrough et al., 1968; Woodwell et al., 1971). This has been supported by a growing reservoir of data reporting the presence of residues in air samples from areas far removed from normal sites of application. Risebrough et al. (1968), for example, found an average concentration of DDT-related pesticides and dieldrin of 7.8 × 10−14 g/m3 in dust collected at Barbados in 1965–1966. A later study (Seba and Prospero, 1971) revealed average concentrations of aerosol-borne DDT and DDE approximately three times higher in tradewinds sampled at Barbados in 1968. In a more recent study (Bidleman and Olney, 1974) average DDT levels of approximately 20 × 10−12 g/m3, 100 times those of the earlier studies, were reported from air sampled at and near Bermuda.

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  1. Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA

    James N. Seiber & James E. Woodrow

  2. Pesticides and Toxic Substances Effects Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Part, North Carolina, 27711, USA

    Talaat M. Shafik

  3. Division of Equipment and Techniques, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 20460, USA

    Henry F. Enos

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    Rizwanul Haque  & V. H. Freed  & 

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Seiber, J.N., Woodrow, J.E., Shafik, T.M., Enos, H.F. (1975). Determination of Pesticides and Their Transformation Products in Air. In: Haque, R., Freed, V.H. (eds) Environmental Dynamics of Pesticides. Environmental Science Research, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2862-9_3

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