Pesticide Decontamination and Detoxification

by Gan, Jay J.; Zhu, Peter C.; Aust, Steven D.; Lemley, Ann T.

• ISBN13: 9780841238473
• ISBN10: 0841238472
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-20
• Publisher: American Chemical Society

Summary

This book explores chemical and biological means to decontaminate and detoxify pesticides and biocides. It contains new studies and concise reviews, and encompasses molecular engineering at one end, and field applications at the other.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Biologically Based Mechanisms
Detoxification and Metabolism of Chemicals by White-Rot Fungi	3	(12)
Steven D. Aust
Paul R. Swaner
James D. Stahl
Microbial and Photolytic Degradation of 3,5,6-Trichloro-2-pyridinol	15	(10)
Yucheng Feng
Biological Detoxification of Organophosphate Pesticides	25	(12)
Mark Shimazu
Wilfred Chen
Ashok Mulchandani
Evolution of New Enzymes and Pathways: Soil Microbes Adapt to s-Triazine Herbicides	37	(14)
Lawrence P. Wackett
Chemically Based Mechanisms
Detoxification of Some Halogenated Pesticides by Thioulfate Salts	51	(14)
J. Gan
S. Bondarenko
Anodic Fenton Degradation of Pesticides	65	(20)
A.T.Lemley
Q. Wang
D.A. Saltmiras
Chemical Detoxifying Neutralization of ortho-Phthalaldehyde: Seeking the ``Greenest''	85	(14)
Peter C.Zhu
Charles G. Roberts
Jiejun Wu
Electrochemical Destruction of Triclosan	99	(14)
James Farrell
Jiankang Wang
Ronald LeBlanc
Detoxification of Pesticide in Water Using Solar Photocatalysis	113	(16)
S. Malato
A. Aguera
Field Processes And Applications
Microbial Degradation of Atrazine in Soils, Sediments, and Surface Water	129	(12)
Mark Radosevich
Olli H. Tuovinen
Bioremediation of Atrazine-Contaminated Soil	141	(14)
Edward Topp
Fabrice Martin-Laurent
Alain Hartmann
Guy Soulas
Detoxification of Pesticide Residues in Soil Using Phytoremediation	155	(14)
J. B. Belden
B.W. Clark
T.A. Phillips
K.L. Henderson
E.L. Arthur
J.R. Coats
Remediation of Halogenated Fumigant Compounds in the Root Zone by Subsurface Application of Ammonium Thiosulfate	169	(12)
Sharon K. Papiernik
Frederick F. Ernst
Robert S. Dungan
Wei Zheng
Mingxin Guo
Scott R. Yates
Detoxification and Destruction of PCBs, CAHs, CFCs, and Halogenated Biocides in Soils, Sludges, and Other Matrices Using Na/NH3	181	(18)
Charles U. Pittman, Jr.
Comparison of Atrazine and Alachlor Sorption, Mineralization, and Degradation Potential in Surface and Aqufer Sediments	199	(14)
Sharon A. Clay
David E. Clay
Thomas B. Moorman
Pesticide Runoff and Mitigation at a Commercial Nursery Site	213	(18)
J.N. Kabashima
S.J. Lee
D.L. Haver
K.S. Goh
L.S. Wu
J. Gan
Impacts of Surfactant Adjuvants on Pesticide Availability and Transport in Soils	231	(117)
Kurt D. Pennell
Ahmet Karagunduz
Michael H.Young
Indexes
Author Index	348	(1)
Subject Index	349