Publication Abstract

The environmental fate and behaviour of antifouling paint booster biocides: A review

The environmental fate and behaviour of antifouling paint booster biocides: A review

K.V. Thomas

Antifouling paint booster biocides are a group of organic compounds added to antifouling paints to improve their efficacy. They have become prevalent since the requirement for alternative antifouling paints formulations for small boats (< 25 m). This need followed a ban on the use of triorganotin (TOT) biocides in antifouling paints for small boats, in the late 1980’s. Worldwide, around eighteen compounds are currently used as antifouling biocides; benzmethylamide, chlorothalonil, copper pyrithione, dichlofluanid, diuron, fluorofolpet, Irgarol 1051, Kathon 5287, Mancozeb, Polyphase, pyridine-triphenylborane, TCMS pyridine, TCMTB, Thiram, tolyfluanid, zinc pyrithione and Zineb. Any booster biocide released into the environment is subjected to a complex set of processes. These processes include transport mechanisms, transformation, degradation, cross media partitioning, and bioaccumulation. This paper reviews the fate and behaviour data currently available in the public domain concerning antifouling paint booster biocides.

Reference:

K.V. Thomas, 2000. The environmental fate and behaviour of antifouling paint booster biocides: A review. In: ENSUS 2000 International Conference on Marine Science and Technology for Environmental Sustainability 4-6 September 2000:University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. 1-14.

K.V. Thomas*

In: ENSUS 2000 International Conference on Marine Science and Technology for Environmental Sustainability 4-6 September 2000:University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. 1-14