An assessment of acute insecticide toxicity loading (AITL) of chemical pesticides used on agricultural land in the United States

J. Dibartolomeis, Michael; E. Kegley, Susan; Mineau, Pierre; Radford, Rosemarie; Klein, Kendra

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0220029

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An assessment of acute insecticide toxicity loading (AITL) of chemical pesticides used on agricultural land in the United States

Published in PLoS ONE • Aug 6, 2019

Authors:

Michael J. Dibartolomeis

Susan E. Kegley

Pierre Mineau

Abstract

We present a method for calculating the Acute Insecticide Toxicity Loading (AITL) on US agricultural lands and surrounding areas and an assessment of the changes in AITL from 1992 through 2014. The AITL method accounts for the total mass of insecticides used in the US, acute toxicity to insects usin...

Subject

Toxicity

Pesticide

Toxicology

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