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LITERATURE REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF THE EPA FOOD-CHAIN (KENAGA) NOMOGRAM, AN INSTRUMENT FOR ESTIMATING PESTICIDE RESIDUES ON PLANTS
Citation:
Fletcher, J., J. Nellessen, AND T. Pfleeger. LITERATURE REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF THE EPA FOOD-CHAIN (KENAGA) NOMOGRAM, AN INSTRUMENT FOR ESTIMATING PESTICIDE RESIDUES ON PLANTS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/J-95/413, 1994.
Description:
The Kenaga nomogram is a simple device developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the early 1980s and is currently used to predict the maximum potential pesticide residue levels in the food chain of wildlife before pesticide registration. o evaluate the accuracy of this nomogram, predicted levels are compared to levels reported in the literature. ata (from the UTAB database developed by the University of Oklahoma) demonstrates that day-O levels predicted by the nomogram are often exceeded. inor modification is recommended which would result in an elevation of the predicted residue levels for fruits and forage (legume) crops.