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
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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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.