Index
229
Arctic 66–67, 161–162
Chesapeake Bay 49, 101, 104
Great Lakes 66, 104, 153, 164
Kings Canyon National Park 182
Lassen Volcanic National Park 182
Marlette Lake 181
Mississippi River Valley 96
Mount Shasta 215
Sequoia National Park 181–182
Sierra Nevada Mountains 32, 50, 95,
118, 178, 181–182
Sixty Lakes Basin 182
Tablelands 182
Yosemite National Park 182
sentinel 96
sepsis 194
severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) 57,
191, 193
sewage 79–80
shared air path 197
sick building syndrome 62
Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson (1962) 5,
9, 73, 88
siting 91
sludge 157
snow 65, 95, 103–104, 118, 162, 179, 181
social distancing 1, 57, 196, 198
solid-phase extraction (SPE) 95
solid-phase microextraction (SPME)
50, 95
soybean 14, 22, 160, 185, 203, 209
spill 29, 34–35, 42, 46, 58, 67, 75, 77, 83,
140–141, 144, 215
Spinosad 19–20, 204–206
spinosyn 19–20, 205–206
spores 63, 198–199
Stockholm convention 182
stratosphere 42, 50, 104, 126, 147–149
strawberries 123, 127, 140, 142, 144,
205, 208
surface water 13, 60, 78, 82, 118, 150, 155–
156, 163–164, 166, 168, 179, 181
surface-active organics 113, 115
surfactants 153, 169
sustainability 2, 81, 203, 212, 216–218
Syngenta 207
synthetic revolution 8, 218
systemic pesticides 15
T
talons 65, 117–118
target 18, 21, 48, 83, 91, 177, 180, 183, 185–
186, 193, 203, 207–208, 210–211
tarp 41, 125–126, 131, 139, 207
TCDD (2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzop-dioxin) see dioxin
tefon 29, 48, 74, 106, 112, 114
terrain 5, 82–83, 104, 134–135
testicular dysgenesis 62, 67
theoretical profle shape (TPS) 40–42
Thornthwaite-Holzman equation 40
threshold limit values (TLVs) 60, 140
thrips 8, 205
tolerance 117, 184, 203, 218
topography 91, 131
Toxic Air Contaminant Act 93, 177–178
toxic air contaminants (TACs) 60, 95
toxicity 8–14, 16, 18, 51, 63, 123, 125, 136,
157–158, 169, 183, 193,
204–205
toxicology 65, 158, 161, 169, 178, 180
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
73, 86
tracer 84, 179
tracheobronchial 63
transcription 193
transect 4, 177–178, 181–183
transformations 50, 52, 104
aqueous phase photolysis 51
dealkylation 52, 104
dehalogenation 157
hydrolysis 20, 33, 118
indirect reactions 50–51
oxidation 11, 51–52, 64, 76, 104, 110,
140–141, 150–151, 153, 156,
177–178
photolysis 20, 33, 51, 86, 186
photooxidation 51, 157
transgenic 203
translocation 49
transmission 57, 196–197, 200
trapping agent see adsorbents
activated charcoal 93
Carbopack 93
Chromosorb 102, 92, 107
ethylene glycol 92
macroreticular resin 92