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Vegetated Treatment Systems for Removing Contaminants Associated with Surface Water Toxicity in Agriculture and Urban Runoff
Published on: May 15, 2017
Analytical and biological data to the environmental-toxicological behaviour of Verbutin pesticide
V Halász-Laky1, D Szamosi-Hernádi, B Oláh
1Toxicological Research Center, Veszprém Szabadságpuszta, Hungary.
Central European Journal of Public Health
|August 16, 2000
Abstract:
Ecotoxicological characteristics of a new insecticide synergist, MBB-599 (proposed common name: Verbutin) was investigated. The studies included the determination of the hydrolysis, the biodegradability, the adsorption and desorption characteristics in soil and the effects on living systems (bacterium, alga, Daphnia, and fish) as well.
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