Atrazine is a broad-leaf, pre-emergence herbicide. It is one of the most widely used herbicides around the world. Atrazine is the leading member of a class of triazine ring-containing herbicides that includes simazine and terbutylazine. Atrazine has been found to be less biodegradable than other less substituted striazine ring compounds with a half life ranging from 1 week to 1 year in different soils. Because of their relative wide application, their relative high persistence, and their ability to leach through the soil, they can be detected in rain, surface water and ground water. The application of Atrazine is prohibited in several countries, in the U.S., according to the USEPA SWDA drinking water guidelines, the MCL for atrazine is not allowed to exceed 3 ppb. This ELISA test kit detects Atrazine and related Triazines in environmental samples at the ppt levels.

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