2010 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Biodegradation Technology for Pesticide Toxicity Elimination
verfasst von : E. A. El-Sheikh, M-B. A. Ashour
Erschienen in: Bioremediation Technology
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
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Pesticides usages are intensive all over the world to control insect pests even a commitment to the rapid adoption of integrated pest management techniques. Pesticides are ranked as the most widely distributed chemical contaminants of the environment in the twentieth century. According to data compiled by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization, over 1000 compounds are used as pesticides, representing many different chemical classes: carbamates, thiocarbamates, organophoshates, dipyridyls, triazines, phenoxyacetates, coumarins, nitrophenols, pyrazoles, pyrethroids, and organic compounds containing chlorine, phosphorus, tin, mercury, arsenic, copper, etc. Millions of tons of pesticides are produced and used annually in close association with agriculture. Many articles, reviews and books are devoted to pesticides.