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675424 
Journal Article 
Pesticide use in the U.S. and policy implications: A focus on herbicides 
Short, P; Colborn, T 
1999 
1 
Toxicology and Industrial Health
ISSN: 0748-2337
EISSN: 1477-0393 
BIOSIS/99/15000 
15 
1-2 
240-275 
English 
10188206 
WOS:000085945500021 
BIOSIS COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. This article examines herbicide use in the United States, providing estimates of poundage, land surface covered, distribution, and recent trends based on federal and state figures. Herbicides are by far the most widely used class of pesticide in the US, where 556 million lbs of herbicide active ingredients (AIs) were applied in 1995. Agriculture accounts for the majority of herbicide use, totaling 461 million lbs of AIs in 1995. Over 60% of the poundage of all agricultural herbicides consist of the most widespread herbicide, covering 78 million acres for agricultural uses alone. Both of these herbicides are reported endocrine disruptors. Acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitors, namely the sulfonylureas and imidazolinones, are one of the fastest growing classes of herbicides. Many of these herbicides are 100 times more toxic to select plant species than their predecessors, so they can be applied at rates approximately 100 times lower. Consequently, they can affect plant s 
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