ABSTRACT
Atrazine may be released into the environment via effluents at manufacturing sites and at points of application where it is employed as a herbicide. Atrazine is expected to maintain a very high to medium mobility class in soils and should not strongly adsorb to sediments. The s-triazine ring of atrazine is fairly resistant to microbial attack based upon a number of soil studies. Chemical degradation of atrazine may be more important environmentally than biodegradation. Chemical degradation of atrazine may be more important environmentally than biodegradation in soil or water and much of what appears to degrade is actually bound to soil and sediments. Atrazine may also strongly absorb to colloidal materials in the water column. Atrazine is a widely used herbicide. Hence atrazine may be released into the environment via effluents at manufacturing sites and at points of application where it is employed as a herbicide.
