Chiral Pesticides in Soil and Water and Exchange with the Atmosphere

• Main Authors: Terry F Bidleman, Andi D Leone, Renee L Falconer, Tom Harner, Liisa M M Jantunen, Karin Wiberg, Paul A Helm, Miriam L Diamond, Binh Loo
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Alabama; Arctic; Arctic Lake; Arctic Ocean; Chukchi
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1077.8543; http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2002/341843.pdf

The enantiomers of chiral pesticides are often metabolised at different rates in soil and water, leading to nonracemic residues. This paper reviews enantioselective metabolism of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in soil and water, and the use of enantiomers to follow transport and fate processes. Re...