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Pesticide Degradations, Residues and Environmental Concerns

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The profits of universal utilization of pesticides can be evaluated by their presence and fate as persistent organic pollutants in environment. This chapter illustrates an overview of chemical, biological and photo degradation procedures of pesticides in the environmental media and the ultimate fate of degraded products as well as their environmental concerns. Instead of having extensive data on pesticide degradation from regulatory testing agency and research institutions, it is still unclear to predict the exact pathways of pesticide degradation under some specific field conditions. In this chapter, it is reviewed the main technical challenges in doing so and discussed the emergent prospects of identifying pesticide degradation procedures in the field.

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Al-Mamun, A. (2017). Pesticide Degradations, Residues and Environmental Concerns. In: Khan, M., Rahman, M. (eds) Pesticide Residue in Foods. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52683-6_5

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