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1989 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Environmental Fate of Alachlor and Metolachlor

Authors : Gordon Chesters, Geronimo V. Simsiman, Jonathan Levy, Bashar J. Alhajjar, Riyadh N. Fathulla, John M. Harkin

Published in: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Publisher: Springer New York

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Recent revelations on ground water contamination by pesticides have caused public concern and emotion about the quality of drinking water, which have led to renewed pesticide monitoring and research and the call for stricter health advisories and water quality standards. The toxicological significance to humans and domestic, wild, and aquatic animals of such high use compounds as alachlor and atrazine is receiving close examination.

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Title
Environmental Fate of Alachlor and Metolachlor
Authors
Gordon Chesters
Geronimo V. Simsiman
Jonathan Levy
Bashar J. Alhajjar
Riyadh N. Fathulla
John M. Harkin
Copyright Year
1989
Publisher
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7092-5_1