Environmental fate of nanopesticides: durability, sorption and photodegradation of nanoformulated clothianidin.

ABSTRACT: A lot of research efforts are currently dedicated to the development of nano-enabled agrochemicals. Knowledge about their environmental behaviour is however scarce, which impedes the assessment of the new risk and benefits relative to currently used agrochemicals. With the aim to advance our understanding of the fate of nanopesticides in the environment and support the development of robust exposure assessment procedures, the main objectives of the study were to (i) investigate the extent to which three nanoformulations can affect the photodegradation and sorption of the insecticide clothianidin, and (ii) evaluate various approaches to estimate durability, a key parameter for the exposure assessment of nanopesticides. The nanoformulations increased the photodegradation half-life in water b

SUBMITTER: Kah M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5918303 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature