- New methods for determination of glyphosate and (aminomethyl)phosphonic acid in water and soil.
New methods for determination of glyphosate and (aminomethyl)phosphonic acid in water and soil.
New methods were developed to determine glyphosate, N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine, and its major metabolite, (aminomethyl)phosphonic acid in groundwater and soil. The methods involve ligand-exchange, anion-exchange and derivatisation and final identification and quantification by GC-MS. The limits of quantification in this experiment were 0.1 microg l(-1) for both compounds in water and 0.006 microg g(-1) for both compounds in soil. Decomposition in soil and occurrence in groundwater of the herbicide glyphosate was studied after its application for weed control on a Swedish railway embankment.