Procymidone Residues in an Agricultured Area.
10.2185/jjrm.42.81
- VernacularTitle:農耕地土壌中のプロシミドン残留
- Author:
Hiroshi NAGAMI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1993;42(2):81-85
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
The amount of pesticide residues in the soil was investigated in two fields. About 0.05-0.14μg/g-dry of fungicide procymidone (SumirexTM) were detected from the soil, where fuming with procymidone had been ceased for about a year.
Measurements have been carried out for the subsequent three years with the result that the second half-life of procymidone in the soil was estimated at about 1.5 years.
Procymidone residues ranging from 0.005 to 0.017μg/g-raw were detected in the vegetables grown in these fields, but not in strawberries.
These data suggested that procymidone falls under the category of long-lived organo-chlorine pesticides.
It is necessary to study further on the environmental behavior and the toxity of procymidone, as procymidone residues in foodstuffs are reported repeatedly and the chemical is still on the market.
