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Table 4. Possible modes of entry of organotins into air, soil, and water <br />(Blunden et al. 1985). <br />Environmental compartment and <br />organotin group <br />Sources <br />AIR <br />R3SnX <br />Agricultural spraying, volatilization <br />from biocidal treatments, antifouling <br />paint sprays. <br />R3SnX, R2SnX2, RSnX3 <br />R2SnX2, RSnX3 <br />Incineration of organotin-treated or <br />-stabilized waste materials. <br />Glass coating operations to produce <br />Sn02 films. <br />SOIL <br />R3SnX <br />Agricultural applications, wood preser- <br />vation. <br />R3SnX, R2SnX2, RSnX3 <br />Burial of waste materials containing <br />organotins. <br />WATER <br />R3SnX <br />Antifouling coatings, molluscicides, <br />overspray from agricultural operations, <br />land runoff from agricultural use, <br />industrial processes (i.e., slimicides <br />in paper manufacture). <br />R2SnX2, RSnX3 <br />Leaching from organotin stabilized <br />polyvinyl chloride. <br />18