PESTICIDE CONTAMINATION OF GROUND-WATER IN THE UNITED-STATES - A REVIEW

被引:183
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作者
RITTER, WF
机构
[1] Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural Engineering Department, College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark
关键词
Ground Water; Pesticides;
D O I
10.1080/03601239009372674
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Over 70 pesticides have been detected in ground water. Aldicarb and atrazine along with the soil fumigants EDB and DCP and DBCP have been the pesticides most frequently detected in ground water. Atrazine concentrations have been correlated with high nitrate concentrations. The triazine herbicides, simazine and cyanazine, have also been detected in ground water. The annual amount of recharge, soil type, depth of aquifer from the surface, nitrate contamination and soil pH are important field parameters in determining ground-water contamination potential by pesticides. Pesticide leaching is reduced by proper choice of crop rotation, increasing pesticide application efficiency, and integrated pest management. © 1990 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.
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