Abstract
Pesticides represent an increasingly important sort of synthetic chemical introduced into the environment through human activity. A compound is important in environmental chemistry provided it has (or shows evidence of having) the following characteristics (Choudhry et al. 1979a):
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produced or distributed in large quantity
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high likelihood of entry into the environment — dispersion tendency (transport)
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persistence (lack of degradation under biotic and abiotic conditions)
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bio-accumulation (concentration effects, e.g., in the food chain or by other mechanisms)
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significant toxicity and related biological effects
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Choudhry, G.G., Barrie Webster, G.R. (1985). Protocol guidelines for the investigations of photochemical fate of pesticides in water, air, and soils. In: Gunther, F.A. (eds) Residue Reviews. Residue Reviews, vol 96. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5140-8_4
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