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- Recent Requests For Information
- Tennessee Crop Profiles
- Tennessee Statistics
- County Profiles, 2002 Census
- Tennessee Pest Management Strategic Plans
- EPA's Hit list
- Field Crop Information
- Tennessee Crop Budget
- IR-4 New Pest Control Technologies
- Pesticide Fate Database Now Available on the Web
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making available on the Web a database
that provides information about what happens to pesticides after they are used in the
environment. The database contains summary information on the physical and chemical
properties and the environmental fate and transport of pesticides found in products
registered in the United States. It also contains information on the degradates, or
breakdown products, of these registered pesticides. Using a query-based system, the
Pesticide Fate Database allows users to search, sort, and retrieve up-to-date pesticide
fate and chemistry information derived from studies submitted by pesticide manufacturers
in support of the registration/reregistration of their pesticide products. Some of the
important information about pesticides in the current database include: 1) basic physical
and chemical properties, 2) biotic and abiotic degradation half-lives in soil and water,
3) adsorption/desorption constants, and 4) bioconcentration factors in fish. For non-agricultural
chemicals such as antifoulants and wood preservatives, the availability of the chemicals
in water and leaching data are also included.
This information about pesticides can be used for assessing pesticide exposure for ecological
risk assessments and drinking water exposure assessments. The database is currently populated
with about 188 pesticide active ingredients and will be expanded to include more chemicals in
the future. The Pesticide Fate Database and instructions for using this database can be found
at the following address: http://cfpub.epa.gov/pfate/index.cfm.
- Resistance Pest Management Newsletter
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