Overview
- Outlines the fate, behaviour and toxicity of pyrethroid insecticides
- Presents the latest analytical methods, and environmental and biological developments in the field
- Offers an authoritative, global perspective on the problem of pyrethroids
Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 92)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book reviews the latest developments concerning the analysis, fate, behaviour and toxicity of pyrethroid insecticides. Over the last few decades, pyrethroid insecticides have increasingly replaced organochlorine pesticides due to their relatively lower mammalian toxicity, selective insecticide activity and lower environmental persistence. They represent 25% of global sales of insecticides, and are considered to be “safe” since they are converted to non-toxic metabolites by oxidative metabolism in fish and by hydrolysis in mammals. However, recent studies have demonstrated their environmental ubiquity, their bioaccumulation and their toxicity in various aquatic and terrestrial organisms, and even in humans.
Featuring contributions by leading experts, the book discusses the physico-chemical properties and uses of pyrethroid insecticides; the latest chemical analytical methods; their occurrence in the environment, biota and food; and their isomeric and enantiomeric behaviour. It particularly highlights the toxicological effects and human exposure to pyrethroid insecticides, and also offers insights into the effects of the salmon industry on the marine environment with a case study of sea lice treatment using pyrethroids. This comprehensive book is a valuable source of information for environmental scientists, policymakers and producers interested in issues related to pyrethroid insecticides.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Ethel Eljarrat received her PhD in Chemistry at the University of Barcelona, Spain, in 1999, and since 2008 is a Scientific Researcher at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC, Spain). Her scientific work focuses on the development of analytical methods for the study of fate and transport of persistent organic pollutants and emerging contaminants. Currently, she devotes her attention to the study of the presence and bioavailability, bioaccumulation and biomagnification along the aquatic and terrestrial trophic chains of two groups of pollutants: flame retardants and pyrethroid insecticides. In regard to pyrethroids, her studies on the presence and accumulation of these contaminants in human breast milk samples, in cetaceans and in fish, and in bird eggs, demonstrated that these widely used pesticides are also capable of bioaccumulation. She has published 163 articles in SCI journals, she has edited two books (Brominated Flame Retardants(BFRs) and Emerging Organic Contaminants in Sludges. Analysis, fate and treatment with fungi) and 29 book chapters, and she has presented more than 200 contributions at international and national conferences. She has directed 8 doctoral theses and another 3 more in progress.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pyrethroid Insecticides
Editors: Ethel Eljarrat
Series Title: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55696-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55695-2Published: 05 August 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55698-3Published: 06 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55696-9Published: 04 August 2020
Series ISSN: 1867-979X
Series E-ISSN: 1616-864X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 313
Number of Illustrations: 57 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Ecotoxicology, Water Quality/Water Pollution, Organic Chemistry, Food Science