The Atmosphere as a Sink for Applied Pesticides
Open Access
- 1 September 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the Air Pollution Control Association
- Vol. 28 (9) , 917-921
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00022470.1978.11490579
Abstract
Pesticides are removed from the atmosphere by surface deposition, washout, or chemical reaction. The atmosphere is a sink only when the rate of chemical degradation limits the esidence time of the pesticide. Little is known about atmospheric degradation rates, and in many cases, even the reaction pathway may be uncertain. Photochemical conversion is considered a primary reaction mechanism, but reaction with atmospheric oxidants may also be important.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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