Pesticides A Toxic Time Bomb in Our Midst

disruption of the food chain; and 5) degradation of the global atmosphere and loss of natural protective zones such as stratosph ...

detections of pesticides generally reflect pesticide use in the monitoring area, though some pesticides are carried far away fro ...

Despite the health risks associated with widespread airborne pesticide drift, state and federal regulations ignore 80 to 95 perc ...

In 1957, Louisiana was the first state to impose strict liability for damages caused by the aerial application of pesticides. In ...

dicamba, and atrazine. On numerous occasions the farmer has failed to contain or manage pesticide spray drift, allowing it to mo ...

The Failure of Laws and Regulations Most people who are sickened or whose property is contaminated or made unus- able by other p ...

that agricultural chemicals were not staying on the fields, but were being washed into streams and rivers and seeping into groun ...

There are several factors that influence a pesticide’s potential to contaminate water: ¥The ability of the pesticide to dissolve ...

pesticides, only nine have established MCLs. Compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act is determined by the annual average con ...

River Basin. Overall, there has been a steady increase in monitoring of pesticides in surface waters over the last several decad ...

in animal cell cultures exposed to atrazine in concentrations comparable to the federal drinking-water standard.^34 Certain Popu ...

Leaching Some pesticides move through the soil and leach into groundwater. Several factors influence pesticide leaching. A pesti ...

Types of Groundwater Pollution Under certain conditions, contaminants including soil nutrients, wastes, and chemi- cals can migr ...

The former is based on health concerns, while the latter is based on economic feasi- bility and is the level that is enforceable ...

Better information on pesticide use will also be extremely helpful in protecting pri- vate domestic wells and other water system ...

the pest to be controlled, and other soil management considerations. A pesticide can be injected into the soil as a fumigant, or ...

insect pests may severely affect earthworms. This can be avoided by accurately identi- fying and assessing problems and, if a tr ...

Texture.The percentage of sand, silt, and clay in a soil determines its texture. Soil texture influences how fast water can move ...

Synthetic pesticides not only kill soil microbes and leave toxic residues on food, they also threaten the health of farmworkers ...

these crops each year. Because of their high application rates, the most widely used soil fumigants, methyl bromide, Telone, met ...