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Gas-particle partitioning of pesticides in the atmosphere of the North China Plain
Liping Guo
State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions of Ministry of Education, National Observation and Research Station of Agriculture Green Development (Quzhou, Hebei), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Shuping Shi
State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions of Ministry of Education, National Observation and Research Station of Agriculture Green Development (Quzhou, Hebei), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering (Ministry of Education), School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Martin Brüggemann
Bayer AG, Crop Science Division, R&D, Environmental Safety, Monheim, Germany
Mingyu Zhao
State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions of Ministry of Education, National Observation and Research Station of Agriculture Green Development (Quzhou, Hebei), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Hongyu Mu
State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions of Ministry of Education, National Observation and Research Station of Agriculture Green Development (Quzhou, Hebei), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Daniel M. Figueiredo
Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, 3584 CM Utrecht, the Netherlands
Junxue Wu
Institute of Plant Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, Beijing 100097, China
State Key Laboratory of Nutrient Use and Management, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions of Ministry of Education, National Observation and Research Station of Agriculture Green Development (Quzhou, Hebei), China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Gas-particle partitioning is critical to govern the environmental fate of atmospheric pesticides, yet it remains poorly studied. Our work investigated atmospheric pesticides in gas and particulate phases in the North China Plain and their gas-particle partitioning mechanism. Results revealed pesticides in particulate phase were dominant. Absorption is the main mechanism of gas-particle partitioning, indicating atmospheric pesticides were absorbed into the interior organic film of particles.
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