Publications by authors named "Anja Melvej"
Article Synopsis
- The study examined the use of compound-specific isotope analysis (CSIA) to assess how parathion, a pesticide, breaks down in a contaminated aquifer near a landfill.
- The research found significant carbon isotope enrichment in parathion from groundwater, indicating that natural hydrolysis (breakdown) processes were occurring on-site.
- The findings show that up to 8.6% of parathion naturally attenuated through hydrolysis, with CSIA being applied successfully for the first time to investigate the degradation of this type of pesticide in a real-world setting.
