title: Review of leaching characteristics of triazines and their degradation products.
abstract: Only few data have been published on the environmental impact of pesticide degradation products on soil and groundwater. It is known that some of the degradation products of triazines, particularly those formed from N-dealkylation reactions, can be phytotoxic and more mobile than their parent compounds. In some cases it has been shown that they are present at even higher concentrations than the latter. Yet, their impact on groundwater quality is unknown since information on both environmental levels and chemiodynamic parameters are generally lacking. The conclusions of this work are that many triazine degradation products may pose a significant hazard to the quality of groundwater and that there is a need to promote and extend the production of experimental data on this topic.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Igiene Ambientale, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Donati
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Funari
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D006540:Herbicides / Q000737:chemistry; D006868:Hydrolysis; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014227:Triazines; D014877:Water Pollution, Chemical
chemical_list: D006540:Herbicides; D012989:Soil Pollutants; D014227:Triazines