The potential environmental impact of pesticides removed from sprayers during cleaning

Pest Management Science

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1146-1152

  Ramwell, Carmel T ^a   Leak, Jennifer ^a   Cooper, Simon E ^b   Taylor, William A ^c  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Hardi International A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; External surfaces; Pesticides; Sprayer cleaning; Surface water

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; WATER;

CLEANUP; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSTRUMENTATION; PEST CONTROL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 35649012549     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1447     Document Type: Article

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