Environmental Precautions > Fate of Pesticides in The Environment > Degradation

Chemical

Compounds can breakdown through natural processes such as hydrolysis, the breaking of chemical bonds by water. Compounds breakdown and form other compounds as a natural process in chemistry. Pesticides can also do this. However, again, it is very dependent on the pesticide and the conditions the compound exists in.

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