Emission of Pesticides into the Air

Berg, F. van den; Kubiak, Roland; Benjey, William; Majewski, Michael S.; Yates, Scott R.; Reeves, G. L.; Smelt, J.H.; Linden, A.M.A. van der

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“…Global warming will be expected to enhance partitioning of POPs and other pesticides to the atmosphere, though the increase in atmospheric concentrations of these pollutants may be offset by enhanced degradation (Bailey, 2004;Benitez et al, 2006;Dalla Valle et al, 2007;Sinkkonen and Paasivirta, 2000;Sweetman et al, 2005;Van den Berg et al, 1999;Wania and Mackay, 1996). Moreover, regions subject to increased storm intensity, frequency, and variability could experience pulses of chemical releases or runoff that might present acute risks to human health and wildlife populations (Bollmohr et al, 2007;Burgoa and Wauchope, 1995;Chiovarou and Siewicki, 2007;Dabrowski et al, 2002;Presley et al, 2006;Vu et al, 2006).…”

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“…While additional research is needed, many pesticides may prove to be less susceptible to solvent depleting processes than POPs since they are generally less persistent and more likely to degrade with climate change. Specifically, global warming may reduce soil and aquatic concentrations of pesticides due to a combination of increased volatilization and degradation (Bailey, 2004;Benitez et al, 2006;Van den Berg et al, 1999) (Fig. 1, Legend Items G, H, I, K, M, N).…”

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“…Van den Berg et al (1999) notes that volatilization processes may be responsible for the loss of up to 50% of the applied dose of a pesticide, depending on the properties of the pesticide, application technique used and environmental conditions. With this atmospheric partitioning, pesticides may be dispersed from areas of high concentrations to areas of lower concentrations, possibly exposing new populations to the toxic effects of the pesticides (Beyer et al, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…1, Legend Item I) ( Van den Berg et al, 1999). Conversely, the hydrolytic degradation of these chemicals may be limited in regions with reduced precipitation and lower soil moisture levels (Bailey, 2004;Van den Berg et al, 1999).…”

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The toxicology of climate change: Environmental contaminants in a warming world

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McElwee

Miller

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Climate change induced by anthropogenic warming of the earth's atmosphere is a daunting problem. This review examines one of the consequences of climate change that has only recently attracted attention: namely, the effects of climate change on the environmental distribution and toxicity of chemical pollutants. A review was undertaken of the scientific literature (original research articles, reviews, government and intergovernmental reports) focusing on the interactions of toxicants with the environmental parameters, temperature, precipitation, and salinity, as altered by climate change. Three broad classes of chemical toxicants of global significance were the focus: air pollutants, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), including some organochlorine pesticides, and other classes of pesticides. Generally, increases in temperature will enhance the toxicity of contaminants and increase concentrations of tropospheric ozone regionally, but will also likely increase rates of chemical degradation. While further research is needed, climate change coupled with air pollutant exposures may have potentially serious adverse consequences for human health in urban and polluted regions. Climate change producing alterations in: food webs, lipid dynamics, ice and snow melt, and organic carbon cycling could result in increased POP levels in water, soil, and biota. There is also compelling evidence that increasing temperatures could be deleterious to pollutant-exposed wildlife. For example, elevated water temperatures may alter the biotransformation of contaminants to more bioactive metabolites and impair homeostasis. The complex interactions between climate change and pollutants may be particularly problematic for species living at the edge of their physiological tolerance range where acclimation capacity may be limited. In addition to temperature increases, regional precipitation patterns are projected to be altered with climate change. Regions subject to decreases in precipitation may experience enhanced volatilization of POPs and pesticides to the atmosphere. Reduced precipitation will also increase air pollution in urbanized regions resulting in negative health effects, which may be exacerbated by temperature increases. Regions subject to increased precipitation will have lower levels of air pollution, but will likely experience enhanced surface deposition of airborne POPs and increased run-off of pesticides. Moreover, increases in the intensity and frequency of storm events linked to climate change could lead to more severe episodes of chemical contamination of water bodies and surrounding watersheds. Changes in salinity may affect aquatic organisms as an independent stressor as well as by altering the bioavailability and in some instances increasing the toxicity of chemicals. A paramount issue will be to identify species and populations especially vulnerable to climate-pollutant interactions, in the context of the many other physical, chemical, and biological stressors that will be altered with climate change. Moreover, it w...

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Section: Altered Fate and Behavior Of Pesticidesmentioning

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Section: Altered Fate and Behavior Of Pesticidesmentioning

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“…In the atmosphere, these organics not only exist in gaseous phase, some of them, especially for those with low vapor pressure, also may attach to the surface of aerosols or form secondary aerosols [1][2][3][4][5]. These compounds are mainly removed from the atmosphere by dry and wet deposition and chemical reactions including photolysis and reaction with oxidants [1,6,7].…”

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Ozonation of trifluralin particles: An experimental investigation with a vacuum ultraviolet photoionization aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer

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Yang

Zhang

et al. 2009

Journal of Hazardous Materials

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Assessing the carbon footprint of irrigated and dryland wheat with a life cycle approach in bojnourd

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Bazrgar

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Env Prog and Sustain Energy

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This research is conducted with the purpose of studying greenhouse gas emissions by wheat production in Bojnourd using the life cycle approach. The basic information is collected from wheat farmers in the form of questionnaires in the crop year 2015–2016. The meteorology and crop data are gathered, respectively, from the Meteorological Organization and Ministry of Agriculture Jihad. The functional unit, research boundary and impact category are, respectively, considered to be “the production of 1 kg of wheat grains,” “the farm gate,” and “Global Warming Potential.” Data were prepared and analyzed in Excel and SimaPro software. The global warming index is calculated to be, respectively, 1.22 and 0.72 equivalent kilograms of carbon dioxide for the production of 1 kg of irrigated and dryland wheat. Based on the results, electricity, and machinery (53% and 22%, respectively, in the irrigated wheat) and machinery, diesel fuel, and chemical fertilizer application (44%, 4%, and 4%, respectively, in the dry wheat) have the highest share in greenhouse gas emissions. The results indicate that improving the management of the optimal use of inputs and the increase of the area under cultivation can have a significant role in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. © 2019 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 38:e13134, 2019

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Emission of Pesticides into the Air

Cited by 61 publications

References 53 publications

The toxicology of climate change: Environmental contaminants in a warming world

The toxicology of climate change: Environmental contaminants in a warming world

Ozonation of trifluralin particles: An experimental investigation with a vacuum ultraviolet photoionization aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometer

Assessing the carbon footprint of irrigated and dryland wheat with a life cycle approach in bojnourd

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