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PARATHION, an early organophosphorus insecticide introduced commercially in 1947, is, like most other compounds in this group, considered to be relatively non-persistent on plants and in soil. West1 reported its persistence to be 5–12 days on plants, and Lichtenstein2 showed that 97% of a soil application disappeared within three months.
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STEWART, D., CHISHOLM, D. & RAGAB, M. Long Term Persistence of Parathion in Soil. Nature 229, 47 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/229047a0
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