Persistence of cyanazine in the aquatic environment / Y.L. Lau, D.L.S. Liu and G.J. Pacepavicius.: En13-5/98-5E-PDF

"The persistence of cyanazine (2-[[4-chloro-6-(ethylamino)-1,3,5,-triazin-2-yl]-amino]-2-methylpropanenitile) in the aquatic environment was studied through experiments on volatility and uptake by bottom-attached biofilms. The results indicate that cyanazine can be considered non-volatile up to 35 °C. Cyanazine was lost from the water in the presence of algal or bacterial biofilms. All evidence points towards uptake by the biofilm as the cause of the disappearance of cyanazine. However, no degradation products were found showing that the cyanazine could not be biodegraded or biotransformed. Cyanazine formed bound residues within the biofilm which could not be extracted, thus increasing its persistence in the aquatic environment"--Abstract.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada.
National Water Research Institute (Canada)
Title Persistence of cyanazine in the aquatic environment / Y.L. Lau, D.L.S. Liu and G.J. Pacepavicius.
Series title NWRI contribution ; no. 98-005
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes management perspective and abstract in French.
Publishing information Burlington, Ontario, Canada : National Water Research Institute, Environment Canada, [1998]
Author / Contributor Lau, Y. L., author.
Pacepavicius, G. J., author.
Liu, Dickson, 1935- author.
Description 1 online resource (4 unnumbered pages, 7 pages, 4 unnumbered pages) : illustrations.
Catalogue number
  • En13-5/98-5E-PDF
Subject terms Herbicides
Water pollution
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