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MCPP is mainly used to control weeds around cereal crops, apples and pears.
 
MCPP is mainly used to control weeds around cereal crops, apples and pears.
The release of mecoprop to the environment will be primarily from its application as a herbicide, but also potentially from its manufacture, transport and storage. There are no natural sources<ref name="env a">[http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/topics/pollution/39193.aspx www.environment-agency.gov.uk August 25 2009]</ref> .
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The release of mecoprop to the environment will be primarily from its application as a herbicide, but also potentially from its manufacture, transport and storage. There are no natural sources<ref name="env a">[http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/topics/pollution/39193.aspx www.environment-agency.gov.uk August 25 2009]</ref>.
  
In water is has a low solubility of 0.734 g/l. It has a low tendency to [[adsorption|adsorb]] to organic matter and soils and has a [[half-life]] in water of less than a month<ref name = ecotox>[http://extoxnet.orst.edu/pips/mecoprop.htm extoxnet.orst.edu 25 August 2009]</ref>.  
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In water it has a low solubility of 0,734 g/l. It has a low tendency to [[adsorption|adsorb]] to organic matter and soils and has a [[half-life]] in water of less than a month<ref name = ecotox>[http://extoxnet.orst.edu/pips/mecoprop.htm extoxnet.orst.edu 25 August 2009]</ref>.  
  
 
MCPP has a low potential to [[bioaccumulation|bioaccumulate]] and is therefore not likely to [[biomagnification|biomagnify]]<ref name = ecotox>[http://extoxnet.orst.edu/pips/mecoprop.htm extoxnet.orst.edu 25 August 2009]</ref>.
 
MCPP has a low potential to [[bioaccumulation|bioaccumulate]] and is therefore not likely to [[biomagnification|biomagnify]]<ref name = ecotox>[http://extoxnet.orst.edu/pips/mecoprop.htm extoxnet.orst.edu 25 August 2009]</ref>.
 
   
 
   
Mecoprop causes acute toxicity in oysters at concentrations above 4 mg/l. Most [[pollution and benthic fishes|fish]] [[species]] survive short exposure to concentrations of 10 mg/l and some even concentrations up to 500 mg/l<ref>[http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_Chemical.jsp?Rec_Id=PC35107 www.pesticideinfo.org 25 August 2009]</ref>.  
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Mecoprop causes acute [[toxic|toxicity]] in oysters at concentrations above 4 mg/l. Most [[pollution and benthic fishes|fish]] species survive short exposure to concentrations of 10 mg/l and some survive short exposure to concentrations up to 500 mg/l<ref>[http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_Chemical.jsp?Rec_Id=PC35107 www.pesticideinfo.org 25 August 2009]</ref>.  
 
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Revision as of 15:20, 20 March 2013

Definition of mecoprop (MCPP):
Mecoprop has been used as a herbicide since 1960. It is an odourless, white to light brown crystalline solid[1] [2].
This is the common definition for mecoprop (MCPP), other definitions can be discussed in the article

Notes

Mecoprop
Mecoprop
Formula
C10H11ClO3

MCPP is mainly used to control weeds around cereal crops, apples and pears. The release of mecoprop to the environment will be primarily from its application as a herbicide, but also potentially from its manufacture, transport and storage. There are no natural sources[1].

In water it has a low solubility of 0,734 g/l. It has a low tendency to adsorb to organic matter and soils and has a half-life in water of less than a month[3].

MCPP has a low potential to bioaccumulate and is therefore not likely to biomagnify[3].

Mecoprop causes acute toxicity in oysters at concentrations above 4 mg/l. Most fish species survive short exposure to concentrations of 10 mg/l and some survive short exposure to concentrations up to 500 mg/l[4].


Environmental standards and legislation

Included in the water framework list of priority substances


References

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