ABSTRACT
Agricultural management practices include pesticide application methods and formulations, irrigation methods, and tillage practices. The physical placement of the pesticide also has been shown to affect post-application volatilization. The contribution of pesticide-bound soil particles to the total atmospheric burden is largely unknown. Urban pesticide use is not as well documented or as studied as is agricultural pesticide use. Urban pesticide use includes individual consumer and professional applicators in home and industrial settings such as turf management in lawn and landscape care, golf courses, parks, cemeteries, roadways, railroads, and pipeline. The distance that airborne pesticides are transported depends upon the removal rates. The Arctic and Antarctic are two areas where pesticides are not used, yet they are found in the air, snow, people, and animals there. Climate dictates which crops can be grown in different areas of the country, the actual growing seasons, crop rotation patterns, and which pests are present.
