Editing Thymol (section)

===Environmental breakdown and use as a pesticide===
Studies have shown that hydrocarbon [[monoterpenes]] and thymol in particular degrade rapidly (DT<sub>50</sub> 16 days in water, 5 days in soil<ref name="J. Coats 2008">{{cite journal|first1=D. |last1=Hu |first2=J. |last2=Coats |title=Evaluation of the environmental fate of thymol and phenethyl propionate in the laboratory |journal=Pest Manag. Sci. |volume=64 |issue=7 |pages=775–779 |date=2008 |doi=10.1002/ps.1555|pmid=18381775 }}</ref>) in the environment and are, thus, low risks because of rapid dissipation and low bound residues,<ref name="J. Coats 2008"/> supporting the use of thymol as a pesticide agent that offers a safe alternative to other more persistent chemical pesticides that can be dispersed in runoff and produce subsequent contamination. Though, there has been recent research into sustained released systems for botanically derived pesticides, such as using natural [[polysaccharide]]s which would be biodegradable and biocompatible.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Campos |first1=Estefânia V. R. |last2=Proença |first2=Patrícia L. F. |last3=Oliveira |first3=Jhones L. |last4=Bakshi |first4=Mansi |last5=Abhilash |first5=P. C. |last6=Fraceto |first6=Leonardo F. |date=2019-10-01 |title=Use of botanical insecticides for sustainable agriculture: Future perspectives |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X18302917 |journal=Ecological Indicators |volume=105 |pages=483–495 |doi=10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.04.038 |issn=1470-160X|hdl=11449/179822 |s2cid=89798604 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>