Environmental fate estimates indicate that organophosphates volatize from surfaces and have short half-lives (i.e., a few days) on foliage, but in soil their half-lives vary widely (Table 1) [reviewed by Bradman et al. (1994); Miles et al. (1979); Racke (1993); Willis and McDowell (1987)].
However, it was encouraging that pollutant transport and fate parameters estimated by the model calibration were in agreement with available literature data.
A test case scenario is presented which examines the fate of estimated spatially resolved atmospheric emissions of lindane throughout Europe within the lower atmosphere and surface soil compartments.
Fate was estimated as the proportion of total uptake represented by tissue lipid or β-oxidation.
Still, another crucial unresolved issue centered on the fate of the estimated 5,000 Arab fighters in the Kandahar region.
But there was growing cross-party concern from MPs and charities about the fate of the estimated 1,000 unaccompanied child refugees still stuck in the Calais camp, part of which is set for demolition on Wednesday.
See articleIn harm's wayConcerns mounted about the fate of an estimated 250,000 civilians trapped in fierce fighting between the Sri Lankan army and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the north of the country.
The outrage stirred by France's policy of getting EU citizens to sign papers, give them 300 euros, have police escort them on to planes back to Bucharest and Sofia, and call them volunteers has shone a spotlight on the fate of the estimated 12 million Roma in the EU, the vast majority of them in the Balkans and central Europe.
In United States v. Texas, the fate of an estimated 4.3 million people, plus millions more parents, children, siblings, and loved ones, hang in the balance.
A White House official insisted Friday that "there has been no final determination on DACA," leaving it, and the fate of the estimated 750,000 Dreamers who have won work permits under the program, uncertain.
