TABLE 8.1 (continued)
Persistence Factors of TRI Chemicals
Chemical
Water
Soil
Half-Lives (yrs)
Residual
(lb)
PF
Sediment
Air
Average
Phenytoin
0.10
0.21
0.93
0.00
0.31
1
0.02
Phosgene
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.49
0.25
1
0.02
Phosphine
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1
0.01
Phosphorus (yellow or white)
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
1
0.01
Phthalic anhydride
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.06
0.14
1
0.01
Picloram
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.05
0.51
1
0.02
Picric acid
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.30
0.57
1
0.02
Piperonyl butoxide
0.10
0.21
0.93
0.00
0.31
1
0.02
P-Nitroaniline
0.10
0.21
0.93
0.00
0.31
1
0.02
Polybrominated biphenyls
27.40
27.40
27.40
27.40
27.40
33
0.47
Polychlorinated alkanes
27.40
27.40
27.40
27.40
27.40
33
0.47
Polychlorinated biphenyls
0.49
0.99
4.38
0.04
1.48
3
0.04
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 27.40
27.40
27.40
27.40
27.40
33
0.47
Potassium bromate
Long
Long
Long
Long
Long
70
1.00
Potassium
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
dimethyldithiocarbamate
Potassium
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
N-methyldithiocarbamate
P-Phenylenediamine
0.10
0.21
0.93
0.00
0.31
1
0.02
Profenofos
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.00
0.49
1
0.02
Prometryn
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.00
0.49
1
0.02
Pronamide
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.00
0.49
1
0.02
Propachlor
0.10
0.21
0.93
0.00
0.31
1
0.02
Propane sultone
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.02
0.13
1
0.01
Propanil
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.01
0.50
1
0.02
Propargite
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.00
0.49
1
0.02
Propargyl alcohol
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
Propiconazole
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.00
0.49
1
0.02
Propionaldehyde
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
Propoxur
0.10
0.21
0.93
0.00
0.31
1
0.02
Propylene
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
Propylene oxide
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.08
0.15
1
0.01
Propyleneimine
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.01
0.13
1
0.01
P-Xylene
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
Pyridine
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.12
0.16
1
0.01
Quinoline
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
Quinone
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
Quintozene
0.49
0.99
4.38
6.03
2.97
5
0.07
Quizalofop-ethyl
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.00
0.49
1
0.02
Resmethrin
0.10
0.21
0.93
0.00
0.31
1
0.02
S,S,S-Tributyltrithiophosphate
0.02
0.05
0.21
0.00
0.07
1
0.01
Saccharin
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.01
0.13
1
0.01
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Toxic Chemicals
Persistence Factors of TRI Chemicals
Chemical
Water
Soil
Half-Lives (yrs)
Residual
(lb)
PF
Sediment
Air
Average
Phenytoin
0.10
0.21
0.93
0.00
0.31
1
0.02
Phosgene
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.49
0.25
1
0.02
Phosphine
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1
0.01
Phosphorus (yellow or white)
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
1
0.01
Phthalic anhydride
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.06
0.14
1
0.01
Picloram
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.05
0.51
1
0.02
Picric acid
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.30
0.57
1
0.02
Piperonyl butoxide
0.10
0.21
0.93
0.00
0.31
1
0.02
P-Nitroaniline
0.10
0.21
0.93
0.00
0.31
1
0.02
Polybrominated biphenyls
27.40
27.40
27.40
27.40
27.40
33
0.47
Polychlorinated alkanes
27.40
27.40
27.40
27.40
27.40
33
0.47
Polychlorinated biphenyls
0.49
0.99
4.38
0.04
1.48
3
0.04
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 27.40
27.40
27.40
27.40
27.40
33
0.47
Potassium bromate
Long
Long
Long
Long
Long
70
1.00
Potassium
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
dimethyldithiocarbamate
Potassium
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
N-methyldithiocarbamate
P-Phenylenediamine
0.10
0.21
0.93
0.00
0.31
1
0.02
Profenofos
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.00
0.49
1
0.02
Prometryn
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.00
0.49
1
0.02
Pronamide
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.00
0.49
1
0.02
Propachlor
0.10
0.21
0.93
0.00
0.31
1
0.02
Propane sultone
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.02
0.13
1
0.01
Propanil
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.01
0.50
1
0.02
Propargite
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.00
0.49
1
0.02
Propargyl alcohol
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
Propiconazole
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.00
0.49
1
0.02
Propionaldehyde
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
Propoxur
0.10
0.21
0.93
0.00
0.31
1
0.02
Propylene
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
Propylene oxide
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.08
0.15
1
0.01
Propyleneimine
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.01
0.13
1
0.01
P-Xylene
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
Pyridine
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.12
0.16
1
0.01
Quinoline
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
Quinone
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.00
0.13
1
0.01
Quintozene
0.49
0.99
4.38
6.03
2.97
5
0.07
Quizalofop-ethyl
0.16
0.33
1.48
0.00
0.49
1
0.02
Resmethrin
0.10
0.21
0.93
0.00
0.31
1
0.02
S,S,S-Tributyltrithiophosphate
0.02
0.05
0.21
0.00
0.07
1
0.01
Saccharin
0.04
0.08
0.38
0.01
0.13
1
0.01
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Toxic Chemicals