Leaching of phenoxyalkanoic acid herbicides from farmland

The content of the phenoxyalkanoic acid herbicides 2,4- d, dichlorprop, MCPA, and mecoprop was measured over a 2-year period in drainage water from three clayey soils in Denmark. The herbicide content in 17 out of 65 water samples was above 0.1 μg l −1 which is the maximum residue limit for drinking...

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Published inThe Science of the total environment Vol. 168; no. 1; pp. 11 - 18
Main Author Felding, Gitte
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Shannon Elsevier B.V 19.05.1995
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Applied sciences
Biological and physicochemical properties of pollutants. Interaction in the soil
Drainage water
Exact sciences and technology
Herbicide
Leaching
Pesticide
Phenoxy acids
Phenoxy herbicides
Phenoxyalkanoic acids
Pollution
Soil and sediments pollution
Denmark
Europe
Pesticide
Phenoxyalkanoic acids
Phenoxy acids
Leaching
Herbicide
Phenoxy herbicides
Drainage water
Ether
Alkanoic acid
Lixiviation
Clay soil
Aromatic compound
Soil pollution
Farming
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Summary:The content of the phenoxyalkanoic acid herbicides 2,4- d, dichlorprop, MCPA, and mecoprop was measured over a 2-year period in drainage water from three clayey soils in Denmark. The herbicide content in 17 out of 65 water samples was above 0.1 μg l −1 which is the maximum residue limit for drinking water in Europe. Application of mecoprop in the autumn did not cause the expected leaching. The highest concentrations for 2,4- d, dichlorprop, MCPA and mecoprop were 0.24, 0.30, 0.29 and 0.34 μg l −1, respectively.
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ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/0048-9697(95)04477-I