Download or read book Fluorine and the Environment written by Alain Tressaud and published by Elsevier Science Limited. This book was released on 2006 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, the key-position of fluoro-products in agriculture is reviewed, since a large percentage of agro-chemicals and pesticides contain at least one fluorine atom. However, improvements in the use of fluorine-based products in agrochemicals cannot be developed without taking into consideration a safer environment.