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== Environment == Permethrin has a [[half-life]] of about 40 days in soil, 1β3 weeks on the surface of plants, over 20 days indoors, and 19β27 hours in the [[water column]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Pesticide Half-life |url=http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/half-life.html |publisher=National Pesticide Information Center |access-date=11 September 2023 |date=May 2015}}</ref> Permethrin-contaminated indoor surfaces can be decontaminated with bleach.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Oudejans L, Mysz A, Gibb Snyder E, Wyrzykowska-Ceradini B, Nardin J, Tabor D, Starr J, Stout D, Lemieux P | title = Remediating Indoor Pesticide Contamination from Improper Pest Control Treatments: Persistence and Decontamination Studies | journal = Journal of Hazardous Materials | volume = 397 | pages = 122743 | date = October 2020 | pmid = 32361138 | pmc = 7472880 | doi = 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122743 | bibcode = 2020JHzM..39722743O }}</ref>
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