Carbofuran Sorption Kinetics by Corn Crop Soils M. Arias-Este ´ vez, 1 E. Lo ´ pez-Periago, 1 E. Martı ´nez-Carballo, 2 J. Simal-Ga ´ ndara 2 1 Soil and Agricultural Science Group, Plant Biology and Soil Science Department, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Vigo, Ourense Campus, E32004, Ourense, Spain 2 Nutrition and Bromatology Group, Analytical and Food Chemistry Department, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Vigo, Ourense Campus, E32004 Ourense, Spain Received: 15 March 2006/Accepted: 17 July 2006 Correspondence to: M. Arias-Este ´vez Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. (2006) 77:267–273 © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1059-y 267