Download or read book Pesticides in Urban Environments written by Kenneth D. Racke and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of a symposium held in San Francisco in April 1992. The urban environment discussed includes homes, yards, gardens, public parks, golf courses, and restaurants. Some common products for the urban market are turf pesticides, termiticides, home and garden pesticides, indoor pesticides, and rodenticides. The papers are divided into five sections, each focusing on a different facet of urban pesticide use: pests and pesticides, dissipation of pesticides, mobility of pesticides, urban pesticides and humans, and urban pesticides and nontarget animals. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book The Fate of Nutrients and Pesticides in the Urban Environment written by Mary T. Nett and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management practices affecting nitrogen and soluble phosphorus losses from an upper Midwest lawn -- Determining nitrogen loading rates based on land use in an urban watershed -- Determining phosphorus loading rates based on land use in an urban watershed -- Nitrogen fate in a mature Kentucky bluegrass turf -- Discharge losses of nitrogen and phosphorus from a golf course watershed -- The effects of soil phosphorus and nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization on phosphorus runoff losses from turfgrass -- Influence of landscape and percolation on P and K losses over four years -- Management practices that reduce runoff transport of nutrients and pesticides from turfgrass -- Sediment and nutrient losses from prairie and turfgrass buffer strips during establishment -- Evaluation of resource-efficient landscape systems to reduce contaminants in urban runoff -- Thatch pesticide sorption -- Regional analysis of pesticide runoff from turf -- Mobility and dissipation of clopyralid herbicide in turfgrass field lysimeters -- Glyphosate runoff when applied to zoysiagrass under golf course fairway conditions.

Download or read book Urban Aerial Pesticide Spraying Campaigns written by Manuel Vallée and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-26 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines social processes that have contributed to growing pesticide use, with a particular focus on the role governments play in urban aerial pesticide spraying operations. Beyond being applied to sparsely populated farmland, pesticides have been increasingly used in densely populated urban environments, and when faced with invasive species, governments have resorted to large-scale aerial pesticide spraying operations in urban areas. This book focuses on New Zealand's 2002–2004 pesticide campaign to eradicate the Painted Apple Moth, which is the largest operation of its kind in world history, whether we consider its duration (29 months), its scope (at its peak the spraying zone was 10,632 hectares/26,272 acres), the number of sprayings that were administered (the pesticide was administered on 60 different days), or the number of people exposed to the spraying (190,000+). This book provides an in-depth understanding of the social processes that contributed to the incursion, why the government sought to eradicate the moth through aerial pesticide spraying, the ideological strategies they used to build and maintain public support, and why those strategies were effective. Urban Aerial Pesticide Spraying Campaigns will be of great interest to students and researchers of pesticides, environmental sociology, environmental history, environmental studies, political ecology, geography, medical sociology, and science and technology studies.

Download or read book Pesticide Use in Urban Environments written by C. Clinton and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pesticides in Surface Water in Agricultural and Urban Areas of the South Platte River Basin from Denver Colorado to North Platte Nebraska 1993 94 written by Robert Kimbrough and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pesticides in Storm Runoff from Agricultural and Urban Areas in the Tuolumne River Basin in the Vicinity of Modesto California written by Charles R. Kratzer and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Occurrence Fate and Transport of Pesticides and Their Degradation Products in Urban Environments written by Jaben Ross Richards and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In highly urbanized areas, intensive use of pyrethroids has led to offsite transport to surface waters at concentrations known to cause toxicity to aquatic organisms. However, there is limited knowledge on the occurrence and distribution of pyrethroids in urban settings, or the role dust particles play in offsite transport of pyrethroids. Additionally, when pyrethroids enter the environment, they undergo transformation to form a common degradation product 3-phenoxybenzoic acid (3-PBA), which has been shown to cause endocrine disruption. However, little research has been conducted on the formation of 3-PBA in urban environments, its occurrence in urban streams, or its stability in different environmental matrices. Here we first evaluated the occurrence of particle-borne insecticides including pyrethroids in outdoor urban dust and studied their spatial and temporal distribution patterns and correlation with particle sizes. Temporally, particle-bound insecticides increased over the dry season and then significantly decreased after winter rains. Spatially, levels of pyrethroids in dust did not differ with distance from point of application, suggesting redistribution. Pyrethroids were found to associate predominantly with the smallest particle size fraction in dust. These findings suggest that loose particles are likely a significant source for offsite contamination of insecticides. In a subsequent study, we investigated pyrethroid transformation processes on concrete and 3-PBA formation. Pyrethroid degradation was rapid with hydrolysis being the most significant pathway, leading to rapid formation of 3-PBA. Low levels of 3-PBA were constantly detected in urban surface water, suggesting the need to understand chronic exposure and risk to aquatic species. In order to aid risk assessment of 3-PBA, in the last study we examined its stability in different environmental matrices. The half-life of 3-PBA in surface water and aerobic sediments was relatively short, while it was prolonged in soil and anaerobic sediments. These results further suggested that urban soil may be a source of 3-PBA to surface water or underlying groundwater, and due to the continuous input, additional research is needed to evaluate adverse effects on non-target organisms.

Download or read book Advances in Urban Pest Management written by Gary W. Bennett and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices and strategies for pesticide applicators working in urban or heavily populated areas are presented in this reference book. Arthropod, weed, vertebrate, household and public health pest and wood destroying organism controls are covered. Comprehensive bibliographies by topic are cited at the end of each chapter.

Download or read book Pesticides in Aquatic Environments written by Mohammad Khan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water covers about two-thirds of the surface of earth, but only 0.627 percent of this water is the sweet surface and subsurface water available for the survival of freshwater organisms including man (1,2). Some of this fresh or sweet water lies in practically uninhabitable regions (rivers: }1ackenzie in Canada; Amazon in Central America; Ob, Yenesey, and Lenta in Siberia, etc.). Also, most of the major rivers (the Mississippi in U.S.A., the Rhine in Europe, the Volga in U.S.S.R., the Ganges in India, etc.), because they flow through agricultural land or urban and industrial areas, have become highly contaminated with chemicals (3). This leaves us with shrinking resources of sweet surface water. In the United States, the dependable supplies of this water are already dwindling in cities like New York and Los Angeles and states like New Mexico and Texas (3).

Download or read book Symposium Summary written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pesticides and Their Metabolites in Community Water supply Wells of Central and Western New York August 1999 written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Future Role of Pesticides in US Agriculture written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-11-02 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although chemical pesticides safeguard crops and improve farm productivity, they are increasingly feared for their potentially dangerous residues and their effects on ecosystems. The Future Role of Pesticides explores the role of chemical pesticides in the decade ahead and identifies the most promising opportunities for increasing the benefits and reducing the risks of pesticide use. The committee recommends R&D, program, and policy initiatives for federal agriculture authorities and other stakeholders in the public and private sectors. This book presents clear overviews of key factors in chemical pesticide use, including: Advances in genetic engineering not only of pest-resistant crops but also of pests themselves. Problems in pesticide useâ€"concerns about the health of agricultural workers, the ability of pests to develop resistance, issues of public perception, and more. Impending shifts in agricultureâ€"globalization of the economy, biological "invasions" of organisms, rising sensitivity toward cross-border environmental issues, and other trends. With a model and working examples, this book offers guidance on how to assess various pest control strategies available to today's agriculturist.

Download or read book Changes in Nutrient and Pesticide Concentrations in Urban and Agricultural Areas of the South Platte River Basin Colorado Wyoming and Nebraska 1994 2000 written by Lori A. Sprague and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pests in the City written by Dawn Day Biehler and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From tenements to alleyways to latrines, twentieth-century American cities created spaces where pests flourished and people struggled for healthy living conditions. In Pests in the City, Dawn Day Biehler argues that the urban ecologies that supported pests were shaped not only by the physical features of cities but also by social inequalities, housing policies, and ideas about domestic space. Community activists and social reformers strived to control pests in cities such as Washington, DC, Chicago, Baltimore, New York, and Milwaukee, but such efforts fell short when authorities blamed families and neighborhood culture for infestations rather than attacking racial segregation or urban disinvestment. Pest-control campaigns tended to target public or private spaces, but pests and pesticides moved readily across the porous boundaries between homes and neighborhoods. This story of flies, bedbugs, cockroaches, and rats reveals that such creatures thrived on lax code enforcement and the marginalization of the poor, immigrants, and people of color. As Biehler shows, urban pests have remained a persistent problem at the intersection of public health, politics, and environmental justice, even amid promises of modernity and sustainability in American cities. Watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG9PFxLY7K4&feature=c4-overview&list=UUge4MONgLFncQ1w1C_BnHcw

Download or read book Our Urban Environment and Our Most Endangered People written by United States. Task Force on Environmental Problems of the Inner City and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Environmental Problems written by Billy Ray Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Applied Soil Chemistry written by Inamuddin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the state-of-the-art information regarding applied soil sciences. It covers the fundamentals, model concepts, principles, chemical reactions, functions, chemical recycling, chemical weathering, acid-base chemistry, carbon sequestration, and nutrient availability of soils. Also, it includes soil chemistry of heavy-metals, environment, clay, ion-exchange processes, analytical tools and applications. This book helps to understand the about soil characteristics targeting soil chemical reactions and interactions and its applications.