Pesticides and groundwater quality : issues and problems in four states / / written by Patrick W. Holden for the Board on Agriculture, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825934803321
• Autore: Holden Patrick W
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1986
• ISBN: 1-280-22173-9; 9786610221738; 0-309-59564-9; 0-585-15569-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (136 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 363.7/394
• Soggetti: Groundwater - United States - Quality; Pesticides - Environmental aspects - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Pesticides and Groundwater Quality -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- RESPONSES TO GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION -- Detection and Monitoring -- Responses to Contamination -- Regulation of Pesticides -- NEEDS AND PROBLEMS -- Understanding the Nature and Scope of the Problem -- Monitoring -- Screening and analytic techniques -- Sampling protocols -- Data Needs -- Environmental fate data -- Defining characteristics of susceptible sites -- Delineating vulnerable areas -- Pesticide use data -- Point Source Contamination -- Health Assessment -- Health standards -- Treatment technologies -- Institutional and Policy Capabilities to Respond to the Problem -- IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURE -- CONCLUSION -- 1 California -- THE STATUS OF EFFORTS TO MONITOR GROUNDWATER FOR RESIDUES OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES -- Past Monitoring Efforts -- Current Monitoring Efforts -- CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND NEEDS -- Nematocides -- Interdisciplinary Research -- Data Base and the Need for a Multiresidue Analytic Screen -- Irrigation Practices -- Dry Wells -- Ground and Aerial Applicators -- Delineation of Regulatory Areas -- Public and Institutional Perceptions of California ; Groundwater Contamination -- AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AVAILABLE TO MITIGATE PESTICIDE/GROUNDWATER QUALITY PROBLEMS -- Irrigation Efficiency -- Best Management Practices for Pesticide Use -- Integrated Pest Management (IPM) -- Formulation Changes -- MODELS TO PREDICT THE TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF PESTICIDES -- 2 New York -- THE STATUS OF EFFORTS TO MONITOR GROUNDWATER FOR RESIDUES OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES -- Past Monitoring Efforts -- Aldicarb -- Groundwater contamination by aldicarb -- Treatment of water contaminated by aldicarb -- Factors contributing to. groundwater contamination by aldicarb in Suffolk County -- Experimental use permit.; Additional groundwater monitoring for aldicarb -- Monitoring for Additional Pesticides -- Golden nematode quarantine program -- Suffolk County well testing program -- Groundwater sampling for pesticides in upstate New York -- Current Monitoring Efforts -- CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND NEEDS -- Nematocides -- Interdisciplinary Research -- Evaluation of Leaching Potential of Pesticides -- Groundwater Quality Data Base -- Residue Analysis -- Pesticide Applicators -- Public Sentiment Against Pesticide Usage -- AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AVAILABLE TO MITIGATE PESTICIDE/GROUNDWATER QUALITY PROBLEMS -- Irrigation Efficiency -- Potato Integrated Pest Management Program -- Best Management Practices for Pesticide Use -- MODELS TO PREDICT THE TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF PESTICIDES -- 3 Wisconsin -- THE STATUS OF EFFORTS TO MONITOR GROUNDWATER FOR RESIDUES OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES -- Past Monitoring Efforts -- Aldicarb -- Sampling for Additional Pesticides -- Current Sampling Efforts -- Groundwater Protection Bill -- CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND NEEDS -- Educational Efforts by the Extension Service -- Irrigation -- Groundwater Resource Evaluation -- Prevention of Groundwater Contamination -- AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AVAILABLE TO MITIGATE PESTICIDE/GROUNDWATER QUALITY PROBLEMS -- Potato Integrated Pest Management Program -- Best Management Practices -- 4 Florida -- THE STATUS OF EFFORTS TO MONITOR GROUNDWATER FOR RESIDUES OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES -- Past Monitoring Efforts -- Aldicarb -- Ethylene Dibromide -- Other Pesticides -- Current Monitoring Efforts -- CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND NEEDS -- Data and Information Needs -- Environmental Fate Data -- Pesticide Use Data -- Significance of Residues -- Monitoring Resources and capabilities -- Point Sources -- AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AVAILABLE TO MITIGATE PESTICIDE/GROUNDWATER QUALITY PROBLEMS.; 5 Federal Agencies -- U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY -- Environmental Fate Data -- National Groundwater Monitoring Program -- Health Advisories -- Multiresidue Analytic Techniques -- Groundwater Protection Labels for Pesticides -- Other EPA Activities -- EXTENSION SERVICE-U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE -- 6 Agricultural Chemical Companies -- TRADE ASSOCIATION -- National Agricultural Chemicals Association -- COMPANIES -- Monsanto -- FMC -- Ciba-Geigy -- Union Carbide -- Appendix -- INDIVIDUALS INTERVIEWED OR CONSULTED -- Bibliography.