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Record 1 1995-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant and Crop Production
  • Horticulture
  • Agricultural Chemicals
OBS

Pesticide that have travel via wind, far from their original application sites. As an example of this long-distance transport of pesticides, Chlordane and heptachlor epoxide sprayed in western Texas for agricultural pest control were picked up by a large dust storm in Texas and deposited in Cincinnati stretching for 1,500 miles in 200-mile-wide band.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
  • Horticulture
  • Agents chimiques (Agriculture)

Spanish

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