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oil spills
Deepwater Horizon 34, 58
Exxon Valdez 35, 58
orchards 5, 8, 51, 65, 103–105, 113, 117,
177–178, 184, 186, 199
organochlorine (OC) 8–9, 16–17, 20, 46,
65–67, 81, 92, 103
aldrin 9, 62, 87
benzene hexachloride 9
chlordane 9, 62, 66, 182–183, 203
chlorothalonil 63, 98, 181
DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) 5, 8–9, 28, 42,
45–46, 62, 65–66, 73, 181
dicamba 183, 185–186
dieldrin 9, 28, 62, 79
endosulfan 9, 61, 96, 181–182
endrin 9
heptachlor 62
α-hexachlorocyclohexane
(HCH) 66
isobenzan 9
methoxychlor 9
trans-nonachlor 182
organophosphates (OP) 9–12, 16,
65, 67, 73, 92–93, 104–105,
108, 110, 112–113, 117–118,
179–180, 182
chlorpyrifos 51, 61, 66, 80, 96, 98,
108–114, 116, 118, 177–179,
181–183
diazinon 28, 34, 96, 98, 108–114, 116,
118, 181–183
leptophos (Phosvel) 11
malathion 96, 98, 108–109, 116, 181
methyl parathion 78, 96, 108, 116
parathion 10, 34, 51, 65, 78, 82, 96,
108–114, 116–118, 177–179, 183
TEPP (tetraethylpyrophosphate) 10
TOCP (tri-o-cresyl phosphate) 11
outbreak 193, 196–199
oxon 51–52, 65, 98, 104, 110, 112–113,
117–118, 181–182
chlorpyrifos oxon 51, 98, 112, 181–182
paraoxon 51, 65, 82, 110–112, 116, 178
oxygen analog (OA) see oxon
ozonation 153
ozone layer 127, 147, 149
ozone-depleting potential (ODP) 127, 152
P
pandemic 1, 5, 200, 216
paraquat 12, 22, 57–58, 67, 93, 103,
105, 183
parent compound 80
Paris Agreement 2
Parkinson’s disease 57, 67
particulate matter 2, 52, 60, 63, 66, 82, 94,
99, 107, 115, 191, 196, 199, 215
partition coeffcient 20, 36, 44, 46, 86,
114–115
K aw (air-water partition coeffcient)
44, 48, 111
K oc (soil adsorption coeffcient) 20, 39,
43, 46–47, 85, 87, 138
K ow (octanol-water partition
coeffcient) 20, 46, 86–87,
114–115
partitioning 66, 94, 101, 103, 116, 155, 178
PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)
36, 62, 65, 73, 95, 118, 179,
181–182, 216
perfuorinated carboxylic acids (PFCAs)
156–157
perfuorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) 153,
155–156, 163, 169
perfuorooctanoic acid (PFOA) 153,
155–156, 164, 169
persistent organic pollutants (POPs) 60,
62, 66, 179; see also dirty dozen
pesticide registration 15, 52, 76, 142
phase out 127, 149
phenoxy herbicide 12, 67, 93
2,4,5-T (2,4,5- trichlorophenoxyacetic
acid) 12–13
2,4-D (2,4- dichlorophenoxyacetic
acid) 12–13
MCPA (2- methyl- 4chlorophenoxyacetic acid) 13,
178, 183
pheromones 5, 18, 59, 206, 209
photochemical smog 29, 58
physicochemical processes
absorption 33, 42–43, 48–49
adsorption 20, 25, 39, 42–43, 45, 47, 85,
92, 115–116, 138, 155, 215
desorption 43, 94
diffusion 27, 35–36, 47, 52, 137, 155