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  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Ecotoxicology

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  • Increasing weed resistance to pesticides drives demand for alternatives like prosulfocarb.
  • Prosulfocarb, a thiocarbamate herbicide, faces limited existing research despite growing application.
  • Observed environmental and food impacts necessitate understanding prosulfocarb's behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the environmental transfer mechanisms of prosulfocarb.
  • To explain the pollution of non-target areas by prosulfocarb residues.
  • To assess the efficacy of hedges in preventing prosulfocarb residue spread.

Main Methods:

  • Investigated prosulfocarb transfer from crops to adjacent parcels.
  • Analyzed environmental factors contributing to prosulfocarb movement.
  • Evaluated the role of vegetation barriers in mitigating residue dispersal.

Main Results:

  • Prosulfocarb exhibits significant volatilization, leading to off-site contamination.
  • Pollution of non-target areas is primarily attributed to airborne residue transport.
  • Hedges are inefficient in preventing the spread of prosulfocarb residues.

Conclusions:

  • Volatilization is a key pathway for prosulfocarb environmental dissemination.
  • Current mitigation strategies, like hedges, are insufficient to contain prosulfocarb drift.
  • Further research is needed to manage prosulfocarb's environmental footprint.