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.
OVERVIEW; SECTION I. BIOLOGICALLY-BASED MECHANISMS; Detoxification and Metabolism of Chemicals by White-rot Fungi; Microbial and Photolytic Degradation of 3,5,6-Trichloro-2-pyridinol; Novel Biological Methods for Degradation of Organophosphate Pesticides; Evolution of New Enzymes and Pathways; SECTION II- CHEMICALLY-BASED MECHANISMS; Detoxification of Some Halogenated Pesticides by Thiosulfate Salts; Anodic Fenton Degradation of Pesticides; Chemical Detoxifying Neutralization of ortho-Phthalaldehyde (OPA):: Seeking the Greenest; Electrochemical Destruction of Triclosan; Detoxification of Pesticides in Water Using Solar Photocatalysis; SECTION III- FIELD PROCESSES AND APPLICATION; Microbial degradation of Atrazine in Soils, Sediments, and Surface Water; Bioremediation of Atrazine-contaminated Soil; Detoxification of Pesticide Residues in Soil Using Phytoremediation; Remediation of halogenated Fumigant Compounds in the Root Zone by Subsurface Application of Ammonium Thiosulfate; Detoxification/Destruction of PCPs, CAHs, CFCs, and Halogenated Biocides in Soils, Sludges and Other Matrices Using Na/NH3; Comparison of Atrazine and Alachlor Sorption, Mineralization, and Degradation Potential in Surface and Aquifer Sediments; Pesticide Runoff and Mitigation at A Commercial Nursery Site; Impacts of Surfactant Adjuvants on Pesticide Availability and Transport in Soils;
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