Atmospheric concentrations and deposition of organochlorine pesticides in the US Mid-Atlantic region. Atmos Environ 2005;39:2309-22.Gioia R,Offenberga J H,Gigliotti C L, et al.Atmospheric concentrations and deposition of organochlorine pesticides in the US Mid-Atlantic region. Atmospheric Environment ...
Neonicotinoid pesticides (‘neonics’) – imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, clothianidin, acetamiprid, dinotefuran—are the most widely used class of insecticides in the world. They have a neurotoxic mechanism of action, similar to nicotine. They are detected in food, waterways, tap water, and breast milk...
We can learn from the passage that in the US, 。 A. pesticides in cotton farming cost over 4 billion dollars every year B. C02 emissions of land transport amount to 1。15 pounds per mile C. about 15% of the clothes and shoes are made of materials that are recycled D. about 16, 00...
Washington, DC, US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Series ICAITI: (1977). An Environmental and Economic Study of the Consequence of Pesticide Use in Central American Cotton Production. Guatemala City, Guatemala: Final Report, Central American Research Institute for Industry, United Nations...
It is human nature to shake off what may seem to us a threat of future disaster. “Men are naturally most impressed by diseases which have obvious signs,” says a wise physician, Dr. Rene Dubos, “yet some of their worst enemies slowly approach them unnoticed.”1. Which is closest in ...
The Future Role of Pesticides in US Agriculture, Committee on the Future Role of Pesticides in US Agriculture, Board of Agriculture and Natural Resources and Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences. xx 301 pp. .....
In the 1950s, the application of pesticides in agriculture was considered advantageous, and no concern about the potential risks of these chemicals to the environment and the human health existed [2]. In 1962, Rachel Carson published the book “Silent Spring”, in which she mentioned problems ...
(积累的)over long periods of time, and that the danger to the individual may depend on the sum of the exposure received throughout his lifetime.For these very reasons the danger is easily ignored.It is human nature to shake off what may seem to us a threat of future disaster.“Men ...
. Trends were assessed by linear regression across the entire reporting period, withp < 0.05 deemed to be significant. Significant trends are summarized by region in Table1, and data for the total USA are plotted in Fig.1. Pesticide use data were primarily obtained from US EPA and USDA...
The steam that is produced is used to make electricity or to heat nearby buildings. In Paris, France, some power plants burn almost 2 million metric tons of the cities garbage each year. The amount of energy produced is about the same as would be produced by burning almost a half mil- ...