Evaluation of hazards of pesticides used in forest spraying to the aquatic environment / By V. Zitko and D.E. McLeese.

St Andrews, New Brunswick : Fisheries and Oceans, 1980.

iii, 21 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

A 6-compartment equilibrium model and a 3-compartment kinetic model (MacKay 1979) were used to assess the hazards of forest spraying with pesticides to the aquatic environment. The models are based on physicochemical properties and typical application rates of pesticides. Estimated concentrations and laboratory toxicity data are compared with those of fenitrothion, used extensively in forest spraying. Expected environmental effects of other pesticides are then assessed relative to the known environmental effects of fenitrothion.

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December 14, 2017

Includes bibliographical references (pages 14-16).