► Description: |
More than 20 years after the ban of DDT
and other organochlorine pesticides,
pesticides continue to be detected in air,
rain, soil, surface water, bed sediment,
and aquatic and terrestrial biota
throughout the world. Recent research
suggests that low levels of some of these
pesticides may have the potential to
affect the development, reproduction,
Abstract: More than 20 years after the ban
of DDT and other organochlorine
pesticides, pesticides continue to be
detected in air, rain, soil, surface
water, bed sediment, and aquatic and
terrestrial biota throughout the world.
Recent research suggests that low levels
of some of these pesticides may have the
potential to affect the development,
reproduction
■ contents :
Content: Introduction to the Series,
Preface, Editor's Note, Conversion
Factors, Pesticides in Stream Sediment and
Aquatic BiotaDistribution, Trends, and
Governing Factors,
• Chapter 1 Introduction,
• Chapter 2 Characteristics of Studies
Reviewed,
• Chapter 3 National Distribution and
Trends,
• Chapter 4 Governing Processes,
• Chapter 5 Analysis of Key
Topics-Sources, Behavior, and Transport,
• Chapter 6 Analysis of Key
Topics-Environmental Significance,
• Chapter 7 Summary and Conclusions,
Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C,
Appendix D, Appendix E, References, Index
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