Evaporation of DDT

THE movement of unchanged DDT from treated crops into the atmosphere has been suggested to contribute to the widespread contamination of the environment by this substance 1 . In field conditions, 50% of DDT applied to the surface of soil has been found to disappear in 16–20 weeks (ref. 2) and 60% of...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1971-01, Vol.229 (5279), p.65-66
Main Author: LLOYD-JONES, C. P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aluminum
Carbon Isotopes
Chemical Phenomena
Chemistry, Agricultural
Chemistry, Physical
Chromatography, Thin Layer
DDT
Diffusion
Humanities and Social Sciences
letter
multidisciplinary
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
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Summary:THE movement of unchanged DDT from treated crops into the atmosphere has been suggested to contribute to the widespread contamination of the environment by this substance 1 . In field conditions, 50% of DDT applied to the surface of soil has been found to disappear in 16–20 weeks (ref. 2) and 60% of DDT applied to an apple orchard could not be accounted for 3 . Ward and Burt 4 attributed losses of DDT from glass plates and leaf surfaces to evaporation, but little other work seems to have been published on this question.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/229065a0