Atrazine degradation processes and their influence on living organisms

Triazines, one of the group of herbicides have been often used over past years. Among this group atrazine (2 - chloro - 4 - ethyloamino - 6 - isopropyloamino - s - triazine) is systemic herbicides used world - wide and one of the most popular herbicide in North America. Atrazine has many applications in both agriculture (maize, corn, barley cultivation) and non - agricultural situations (roadside verges). It is very popular herbicide (80% of all herbicides preparation used in maize cultivation contain atrazine), because of its many advantages: simplicity of synthesis, pre - and post emergence application, non - toxic for maize even in large dose. This book discusses the fate of atrazine (from synthesis to degradation products) in environment, taking into consideration its toxicity to living organisms.