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TABLE 9.2 (Continued)
Transformation Products of Pesticides and Their Concentrations Found in Water Samples

Parent Compound
(ng/L)

Transformation
Products

TP
(ng/L) Matrices References

Alachlor (ND) Alachlor ESA

Alachlor OA

ND-3500
ND-540

Atrazine
(ND-1500)

DEA
DIA
HA

ND-390
ND-360
ND-8800

Cyanazine
(ND-640)

Cyanazine amide ND-1200

Metolachlor
(ND-420)

Metolachlor ESA
Metolachlor OA

ND-6700
ND-1300

Surface water,
Switzerland

Metolachlor Metolachlor ESA Lake Greifensee:

34-55
River Aa Uster:
5-25
River Aa
Möuchalfart:
50-280
Parent
compound:
Lake
Greifensee: 2-10
River Aa Uster:
<LOQ (2 ng/L)
River Aa
Möuchalfart:
2-200

Hantscha
et al. (2008)

Groundwater and
surface water,
Valencia,
Mediterranean
region

Terbuthylazine
(ND-422)

DET
TH
DETH

ND-936
ND-142
<50 a -1257

Hernández
et al.
(2008b)

Simazine
(ND-611)

2-hydroxy-simazine
DIA

ND-236
ND-815

Terbumeton
(ND-950)

Desethylterbumeton
Bentazone-methyl

ND-2223
ND-71

Carbendazim
(ND-125)

2-aminobenzimidazole ND-280

Surface water (Rhône
river), France

MCPA (4-chloro-2-
methylphenoxy)-
acetic acid
(ND-4240)

4-chloro-2-
methylphenol
4-chloro-2-methyl-6-
nitrophenol

ND-1120 Chiron et al.

(2009)

ND-450

Surface water (Nzoia
river), Kenya

Alachlor
(ND-350)
Metolachlor (ND)

2,6-diethylaniline
2-ethyl-6-methyaniline

sum for two TPs:
ND-23000

Osano et al.
(2003)

a Limit of detection.
ESA, ethanesulfonic acid; OA, oxanilic acid; DEA, deethylatrazine; DIA, deisopropylatrazine; HA, hydroxyl-
atrazine; DET, deethyl-terbuthylazine; TH, 2-hydroxy-terbuthylazine; DETH, deethyl-2-hydroxy-terbuthylazine;
DEDIA, deethyl-deisopropyl-atrazine; DEAH, deethyl-2-hydroxy-atrazine; DIAH, deisopropyl-2-hydroxy-atra-
zine; DEDIAH, deethyl-deisopropyl-2-hydroxy-atrazine; DET, deethyl-terbuthylazine; DDT, dichlorodiphenyl-
trichloroethane; DDE, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; MCPA, 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid.