Pesticide transformation products : fate and significance in the environment : developed from a symposium sponsored by the Division of Agrochemicals at the 200th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, August 26-31, 1990

Content: Pesticide transformation products in the environment / L. Somasundaram and Joel R. Coats -- Pesticide degradation mechanisms and environmental activation / Joel R. Coats -- Biotransformation of organophosphorus insecticides in mammals : relationship to acute toxicity / Janice E. Chambers and Howard W. Chambers -- Degradation products of commonly used insecticides in Indian rice soils : degradation and significance / N. Sethunathan, T.K. Adhya, S. Barik, and M. Sharmila -- Degradation products of sulfur-containing pesticides in soil and water / C.J. Miles -- Atrazine metabolite behavior in soil-core microcosms : formation, disappearance, and bound residues / D.A. Winkelmann and S.J. Klaine -- Factors affecting the degradation of 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol in soil / Kenneth D. Racke and Susan T. Robbins -- Bound (nonextractable) pesticide degradation products in soils / bioavailability to plants / Shahamat U. Khan -- Enzymatic binding of pesticide degradation products to soil organic matter and their possible release / Jean-Marc Bollag -- Mineralization of pesticide degradation products / Cathleen J. Hapeman-Somich -- Computer-assisted molecular prediction of metabolism and environmental fate of agrochemicals / Mahmoud Abbas Saleh -- Interactions between pesticides and their major degradation products / L. Somasundaram and Joel R. Coats -- Pesticidal activity of degradation products / A.S. Felsot and W.L. Pedersen -- Phytotoxicity of pesticide degradation products / Stephen O. Duke, Thomas B. Moorman, and Charles T. Bryson -- Effects of pesticide degradation products on soil microflora / N. Dwight Camper -- Pesticide transformation products in surface waters : effects on aquatic biota / Kristin E. Day -- Toxicological significance of bound residues in livestock and crops / L.J. Lawrence and M.R. McLean -- Groundwater contamination by atrazine and its metabolites : risk assessment, policy, and legal implications / D.A. Belluck, S.L. Benjamin, and T. Dawson -- Pesticide degradation products in the atmosphere / Jack R. Plimmer and W.E. Johnson -- Pesticide transformation products research : a future perspective / L. Somasundaram and Joel R. Coats.

This new volume is the first available resource on the fate, effects, and significance of pesticide transformation product. Highlights the growing awareness that pesticides are transformed to other chemicals that are often still biologically active. Its opening chapters provide excellent overviews of pesticide degradation mechanisms and products. Subsequent chapters are divided into two sections focusing on the fate of transformation products in the physical and biological environment and the significance of transformation products in crop protection and environmental contamination, including their effects on nontarget species and the legal implications of pesticide transformation products in the environment. Presents both the risks and benefits associated with these products.

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Developed from a symposium of the agrochemicals division of the American Chemical Society, August 1990, 20 papers discuss the degradation of pesticides and the effects of the later products. They present overviews of the degradation mechanisms and products and explore what happens to the products in the physical and biological environment, and the significance to crop protection and environmental contamination. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)