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Movement of Insecticides in the Environment

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The major source of environmental contamination by pesticides is the deposits resulting from application of these chemicals to control agricultural pests and pests causing public health problems. Other sources of contamination could be pesticides used in urban areas and industrial wastes. Misplacement and leakage during the transportation, distribution, or storage processes related to the manufacture of pesticides could result in environmental contamination. In any case, the pesticides enter the environment. They are absorbed by various constituents of the environment and transported to other places mainly by water and air movements. They are picked up by various biological systems and are, at the same time, chemically or biochemically transformed to other nontoxic or toxic compounds in the environment.

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Matsumura, F. (1985). Movement of Insecticides in the Environment. In: Toxicology of Insecticides. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2491-1_8

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