Aquatic photodegradation of albendazole (ABZ) and its three major metabolites, albendazole sulfoxide (ABZSO), albendazole sulfone (ABZSO2), and 2-aminoalbendazole sulfone (ABZ2NH2), was studied under natural sunlight. The sun light exposures were conducted in solution at pH 5, 7, and 9 to encompass conditions of reversible ionization or protonation of the test substances. The photodegradation rate constants and half-lives were determined for the test substances. An HPLC method was used to measure the disappearance of chemical in solution with time. The substances degraded rapidly with photolytic half-lives (t1/2) for ABZ, ABZSO, ABZSO2, and ABZ2NH2 Of 0.012-0.031, 0.096-0.33, 0.041-0.91, and 0.35-0.81 days, respectively. The reaction quantum yield (PHI) was measured at each pH and will be presented in part 2 of this presentation.