[Disintegration and elimination of 32P-naled in milk]

The organophosphorus insecticide naled (O,O-dimethyl-O,O-(1,2-dibromo-2,2-dichloroethyl)-phosphate, labeled by 32P] is degraded in milk in vitro at 5 degrees C with a half-life of 35 h with dichlorvos as a metabolite, that is also formed at short time heating and UV-irradiation. The recovery in milk powder is 25% (naled + dichlorvos) of the initial concentration. Following spray application of 0,05 mg naled/kg body mass to 2 lactating cows, 5-8 ppb of naled and 7-9 ppb of dichlorvos were found in the milk 5 h p.a., not exceeding the given tolerance level of 0,02 mg/kg in the German Democratic Republic.