This critical review examines the release of pesticides from agricultural practices into the air,
with a focus on volatilization, and the factors influencing their dispersion. The review delves …

Air pollution due to pesticides is a persistent problem in modern agriculture, and little is
known on the reversibility of its effects on the environment and health. Pesticides …

The 2002 farm bill substantially increased funding levels for conservation programs, and
established the new Conservation Security Program. How can the American public and …

In order to lower the risks associated to intensive pesticide use, efforts have been made at
the European and the national level of several member countries of the European Union. In …

A commercial target-sensing spray system was used to spray insecticide onto a dormant
orchard in order to quantify the resulting reduction in insecticide in surface water runoff from …

Local and regional atmospheric transport of current-use pesticides is an important source of
these compounds to nontarget plants and ecosystems. Current-use pesticides were …

Bioremediation, the use of microorganisms to degrade, sequester, or remove environmental
contaminants, is an urgent need of our planet for protection and restoration from toxic …

The use of pesticides in agriculture has become a source of pollution of soil and water in the
last decades. Extensive pesticide transport losses due to leaching and runoff produce …

Laboratory and field experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of olive-mill waste
(OMW) addition to a Mediterranean olive grove soil on sorption, persistence, and mobility of …

Among the processes affecting transport and degradation of antibiotics released to the
environment during application of manure and slurry to agricultural land, photochemical …