Alabama Water Quality Information System

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	1.-		Are inert ingredients in pesticides toxic?


	2.-		Are inert ingredients used in products other than pesticides?


	3.-		Are there areas where elevated concentrations of phosphorus in stream water are associated with phosphate rock or large natural soil phosphorus levels?


	4.-		Are there situations where specific components of EPA's recommended nutrient criteria for defining water quality conditions may not be necessary?


	5.-		Can a state or authorized tribe develop its own nutrient criteria for defining water quality impacts?


	6.-		Can lightning in the atmosphere produce nitrate nitrogen that is then brought down in rainfall?


	7.-		Can plants take up pesticides previously used on a garden plot?


	8.-		Can the activity of pesticides be impacted by the quality of the water, especially pH of the water, used to apply them in solution or suspension?


	9.-		Didn't the courts rule that pesticide manufacturers have to disclose their inert ingredients?


	10.-		Do pesticides change the nutritional value of food?


	11.-		Do pets need to be protected from pesticide exposure?


	12.-		How am I exposed to pesticides?


	13.-		How can a state or authorized tribe account for variability within an ecoregion when developing nutrient criteria for defining water quality impacts?


	14.-		How can a state or authorized tribe relate nutrient criteria derived using a reference condition approach to the designated uses of their waters?


	15.-		How can a state or authorized tribe use EPA's nutrient criteria recommendations for defining water quality impacts?


	16.-		How can I decontaminate my pesticide contaminated garden soil?


	17.-		How can nutrient trading be used to reduce nutrient pollution?


	18.-		How can nutrient trading benefit me and my watershed?


	19.-		How did EPA develop its specific nutrient criteria recommendations for defining water quality impacts?


	20.-		How do pesticides break down?


	21.-		How do pesticides get into ground and surface water?


	22.-		How do pesticides get into the atmosphere?


	23.-		How do pesticides move in the environment?


	24.-		How does exposure to pesticides determine health risk?


	25.-		How does herbicide or insecticide chemicals used on outdoor landscapes get into wastewater treatment plants?


	26.-		How does pesticide application determine fate?


	27.-		How does plant uptake affect pesticide movement?


	28.-		How does the environment affect break down of pesticides?


	29.-		How is EPA supporting states and authorized tribes in development, adoption and implementation of nutrient criteria in surface water systems?


	30.-		How is the element phosphorus related to water quality problems?

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This website was developed by the ACES Water Quality Team, under the leadership of Dr. James E. Hairston. It is funded, in part, by USDA-CSREES water quality grant support under Section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension and Education Reform Act of 1998.