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- Title
Risk Assessment of Atrazine polluted Farmland and Drinking Water: A Case Study.
- Authors
Li, Q.; Luo, Y.; Song, J.; Wu, L.
- Abstract
The article discusses levels of the herbicide Atrizine found in water, soil and rice shoots four years after a 1997 accidental release of atrizine into two rivers in China. According to the authors, Atrazine (2-chloro-4-[ethy lamino ]-6-[i sopropylamino]- s-triazine) has been detected in groundwater and drinking water in China and this study determined the dissipation rate, vertical profile and human health risks associated with atrizine-polluted irrigation waters in these rice paddies. They concluded that because of its long half-life and bioaccumulation, atrizine should continue to be an environmental concern even though concentrations of the herbicide in rice grains and drinking water were below or close to the statutory limits.
- Subjects
CHINA; HERBICIDES; ATRAZINE; CHEMICAL spills; ORYZA; HERBICIDE content of soils; GAS chromatography/Mass spectrometry (GC-MS); DRINKING water; AGROHYDROLOGY; LEACHING
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 2007, Vol 78, Issue 3/4, p187
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00128-007-9051-8