The effect of ibuprofen on growth in vitro of six bacterial species was tested. Ibuprofen inhibited growth of the Gram-positive species, but the two Gram-negative species were unaffected. Growth of Staphylococcus aureus was suppressed by ibuprofen concentrations greater than 150 micrograms ml-1 at initial pH 7. At pH 6, such concentrations prevented growth. The antibacterial activity of ibuprofen was affected by pH, being more effective at values below pH 7. Ibuprofen may have an ancillary benefit in topical application, in controlling bacteria.

Summary The persistence of isoproturon in soil in pot experiments was the same whether or not the soil contained growing wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) plants, Panllel) work with radioactive isoproturon showed that the breakdown products were the same in the presence and absence of plants. Persistence in the field was reasonably well predicted by a simulation model using the results of laboratory incubation studies and field meteorological data.

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Six herbicides were tested for their effects on the population growth of a range of green algae and cyanobacteria by an easily replicated low‐volume liquid culture technique using Repli‐dishes. Diuron, propanil and atrazine were most inhibitory, chlorpropham was intermediate and MCPA and glyphosate were least inhibitory. Chlorpropham was more inhibitory to green algae than to cyanobacteria. The effects of chlorpropham and 3‐chloroaniline, a metabolite, on populations of the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans and the alga Chlamydomonas reinhardii were monitored in larger scale batch cultures. Both compounds reduced the growth rate although in some cases there was partial recovery. 3‐Chloroaniline was less inhibitory than the parent herbicide chlorpropham.