Organophosphorus compounds environmental fate

Davisson, M.L., Love, A.H., Vance, A., and Reynolds, J.G. 2005. Environmental Fate of Organophosphorus Compounds Related to Chemical Weapons. UCRL-TR-209748. 

The effect of formulation and spray adjuvants on insecticide efficacy has received considerable attention from the pesticide industry. However, few detailed mechanistic studies on the role these additives play in environmental fate processes have appeared in the open literature. Application of laboratory-derived process information to field scenarios is hindered by the fact that most laboratory investigations have used technically pure (unformulated) organophosphorus insecticides. Including the effects of formulation ingredients on such processes as volatilization and sorption to soil solids would allow laboratory studies to better predict the environmental behavior of these compounds. 

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