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- Title
The potential environmental impact of pesticides removed from sprayers during cleaning.
- Authors
Ramwell, Carmel T.; Leak, Jennifer; Cooper, Simon E.; Taylor, William A.
- Abstract
The article assesses the potential environmental impact of pesticides removed from sprayers during cleaning. The methods involve in the study include field sampling, chemical analysis, calculation of pesticide mass and comparison of the predicted (PECs) and maximum (PECs) using FOCUS surface water model. It was found that the PECs from sprayer washings were lower than the values predicted using the FOCUS surface water model under normal agricultural conditions. It was concluded that infield cleaning would not result to overdosing because external residues are insignificant. However, appropriate measures such as cleaning in the field away from surface waters and cleaning machines over bunded areas are still recommended.
- Subjects
PESTICIDE pollution; ENVIRONMENTAL impact analysis; SPRAYING &; dusting residues in agriculture; FIELD research; SPRAYING equipment; AGRICULTURAL chemicals; ANALYTICAL chemistry; AGRICULTURAL equipment; AGRICULTURE
- Publication
Pest Management Science, 2007, Vol 63, Issue 11, p1146
- ISSN
1526-498X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ps.1447