Gowan are providers of quality crop protection solutions for specialty crops and niche markets of agriculture. Their products include insecticides/miticides, fungicides, and herbicides. Their critical competencies are field sales and development, pesticide registration, formulation and efficient market delivery.
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are usually made from petroleum and are a major constituent of gasoline. They are also used as solvents present in products from paints and adhesives to inks and some, but not all, consumer and commercial pesticide formulations. As these products dry, VOC solvents are emitted into the air ~ a prime example of this is motor vehicle emissions. |
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While occasionally, VOCs can react with nitrogen oxides that are present in the air from fossil fuel combustion, resulting in the formation of ozone near the ground, VOC emissions do not appear to pose a significant public health risk. However, because VOCs contribute to ground-level ozone formation, they are regulated by the 1990 Clean Air Act and similar state laws.
1Russell, A, et al. (1995). Urban Ozone Control and Atmospheric Reactivity of Organic Gases. Science 269(5223): 491- 5
