title: Comprehensive screening study of pesticide degradation via oxidation and hydrolysis.
abstract: This comprehensive study focused on the reactivity of a set of 62 pesticides via oxidization by free chlorine, monochloramine, chlorine dioxide, hydrogen peroxide, ozone, and permanganate; photodegradation with UV(254); and hydrolysis at pH 2, 7, and 12. Samples were analyzed using direct injection liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry detection or gas chromatography-electron capture detection after liquid-liquid extraction. Many pesticides were reactive via hydrolysis and/or chlorination and ozonation mechanisms under typical drinking water treatment conditions, with less reactivity exhibited on average for chlorine dioxide, monochloramine, hydrogen peroxide, and UV(254). The pyrazole and organophosphorous pesticides were most reactive in general, whereas carbamates and others were less reactive. The screening study provides guidance for the pesticide/oxidation systems that are most likely to lead to degradates in water treatment and the environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri 66044, United States.
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chamberlain
authors.forename: Honglan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Tongwen
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yinfa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fulmer
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010575:Pesticides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010575:Pesticides