Fires of pesticides: New source of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) in the environment

该项目将量化因农药和受农药污染的生物质的有意和无意燃烧而产生的致癌污染物的排放。 该项目将确定澳大利亚可能管制的具体农药和农业做法（如在收获前燃烧甘蔗或燃烧受农药污染的生物质以回收能源）。 这项研究将通过减少多氯二苯并对二恶英和二苯并呋喃的排放，从而保护环境和人口，使澳大利亚在社会上受益，并通过确定在燃烧过程中不产生污染物的农药，从而不会污染用于能源回收的生物质，使其在经济上受益。

This project will quantify the emission of carcinogenic pollutants, produced as a consequence of intended and unintended combustion of pesticides and pesticide-contaminated biomass. The project will identify specific pesticides and agricultural practices (such as burning of sugar cane prior to harvest or burning biomass contaminated with pesticides for energy recovery) which may become regulated in Australia. The research will benefit Australia socially, by reducing the emissions of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans and thus protecting the environment and the population, and economically by identifying pesticides that do not produce pollutants in combustion processes and thus do not contaminate biomass intended for energy recovery.