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USGS Fact Sheet 152-95


Pesticides in the Atmosphere–Current Understanding of Distribution and Major Influences


Abstract
Pesticides in the Hydrologic System
Importance of the Atmosphere
Historical Study Efforts
Pesticides Found in the Atmosphere
Geographic Distribution of Pesticides
Seasonality of Pesticides in Air and Rain
Amounts of Applied Pesticides that Reach the Atmosphere
Significance to Water Quality
Conclusions
Additional Reading
References
Contacts

Contacts

Glotfelty, D.E., Williams, G.H., Freeman, H.R and Leech, M.M., 1990, Regional atmospheric transport and deposition of pesticides in Maryland, in Kurtz, D.A., ed., Long-range Transport of Pesticides, Lewis Publishing Co., Chelsea, MI, p. 199-222.

Goolsby, D.A., Thurman, E.M., Pommes, M.L., and Battaglin, W.A., 1994, Temporal and Geographic Distribution of Herbicides in Precipitation in the Midwest and Northeast United States, 1990-91: in Weigmann, D.L., ed., New directions in pesticide research, development, management, and policy, Proceedings or the Fourth National Pesticide Conference, Richmond, Viginia, Nov. 1-3, 1993.

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