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Transport and transformations of organic chemicals in the soil-air-water ecosystem

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Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Part of the book series: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology ((RECT,volume 99))

Abstract

The dissemination of soil-applied organic compounds through the environment stems in large part from the old concept of soil as a safe waste repository. The early conventional wisdom assumed that organic chemicals would either degrade into harmless byproducts as a result of microbial or chemical reactions, immobilize completely by binding to soil solids, or volatilize to the atmosphere where dilution to harmless levels was assured. This false assurance led to years of agricultural chemical use and chemical waste disposal with no monitoring of soil, atmosphere, or groundwater in the vicinity of application or storage sites.

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    William A. Jury (Professors of Soil Physics and Soil Microbiology) & Dennis D. Focht (Professors of Soil Physics and Soil Microbiology)

  2. Statewide Air Pollution Research Center, University of California, Riverside, California, 92521, USA

    Arthur M. Winer (Atmospheric Chemist and Assistant Director)

  3. United States Department of Agriculture, University of California, Riverside, California, 92521, USA

    William F. Spencer (Soil Scientist)

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Jury, W.A., Winer, A.M., Spencer, W.F., Focht, D.D. (1987). Transport and transformations of organic chemicals in the soil-air-water ecosystem. In: Ware, G.W. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 99. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8719-0_5

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