ABSTRACT
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The intensive use of pesticide leads to the contamination of all compartments of the environment. The atmosphere is known to be a good pathway for the worldwide
Pesticides can enter into the by ‘‘spray drift’’ during application, postapplication volatilization from soils and leaves, and by wind erosion when pesticides are sorbed to soil particles and entrained into the atmosphere on windblown particles.1 There are few data on the significance of this pathway, and on the quantitative effects of soil and environmental factors that influence this process.2 This process is most important for herbicides as they are applied either at pre-emergence or postemergence at an early growth stage of the crops (e.g., summer cereals, maize) when there is low soil coverage.3
