Fate of the pyrethroid insecticide deltamethrin in small ponds: a mass balance study
The fate and distribution of /sup 14/C-radiolabeled deltamethrin (1(R)(la(S),3a)-cyano-(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dibromoethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate) were monitored for 306 days, following a single application at 10 g/ha to two small outdoor ponds (17 m/sup 2/ surface area). Initial concentrations of the insecticide in filtered water ranged from 1.28 to 2.50 ..mu..g/L. Deltamethrin ((/sup 14/C)cyclopropyl acid or benzyl alcohol labeled) rapidly partitioned into suspended solids, plants, sediment, and air, with a half-life of 2-4 h in water. Duckweed (Lemna sp.) and a submerged pondweed (Potamogeton berchtoldi) accumulated deltamethrin concentrations ranging from 253 to 1021 ng/g, respectively, at 24 h posttreatment. Sediments were the major sink for radioactivity at 306 days posttreatment, and intact deltamethrin was present at concentrations ranging from 3 to 5 ng/g. Deltamethrin levels in air above the water ranged from 10-100 ng/m/sup 3/ during a 48-h monitoring period following application. Fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) accumulated levels of extractable radioactivity 248-907-fold higher than concentrations in water 24 h posttreatment, but no fish mortality was observed.
- Research Organization:
- Freshwater Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- OSTI ID:
- 6943474
- Journal Information:
- J. Agric. Food Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Agric. Food Chem.; (United States) Vol. 33:6; ISSN JAFCA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Aquatic-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
CARBON 14 COMPOUNDS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CONTAMINATION
DECOMPOSITION
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVAPORATION
FISHES
INSECTICIDES
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
MASS BALANCE
MASS TRANSFER
MONITORING
PESTICIDES
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
POLLUTION
PONDS
SEDIMENTS
SINKS
SURFACE WATERS
TRACER TECHNIQUES
UPTAKE
VERTEBRATES