Abstract
Rainwater samples collected in Hannover (Germany) in 1996 were analyzed for twelve pesticides. γ-HCH, metolachlor, atrazine and terbuthylazine were determined in average concentrations ranging from 19 – 63 ng/L during the application period. In addition, three degradation products of atrazine, i.e. desethylatrazine, desisopropylatrazine and desethyldesisopropylatrazine, and one degradation product of terbuthylazine, i.e. desethylterbuthylazine, were found in concentrations which were equal or even surpassed those of the parent compounds. The analysis of degradation products in rainwater represents a probe into the degradation of pesticides in the atmosphere.
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