General Information:

Deltamethrin is a pyrethroid insecticide and veterinary treatment that is approved for use in the EU, Australia and the USA. It has a low aqueous solubility, is semi-volatile and has a low potential to leach to groundwater. It is not persistent in soil and is non-mobile. Deltamethrin is highly toxic to humans and other mammals and is a neurotoxin. It is relatively non-toxic to birds and earthworms although it presents a high risk to most aquatic organisms and honeybees.

EPA/USP Method

USP Method 561: Determination of pesticides in articles of botanical origin by gas chromatography. Many botanicals are treated as dietary supplements and are subject to statutory provisions that govern foods, EPA Method EPA Method 1660 is applicable to the determination of pyrethrins and pyrethroids in municipal and industrial wastewater by extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with an ultra-violet detector (UV). Separation and measurement of the pyrethrins and pyrethroids is performed by reverse-phase Cl8 column HPLC with a multiple-wavelength UV detector.