Pesticide pollution in argentine drinking water: A call to ensure safe access

The application of pesticides in Argentina has been on the rise since 2000. However, the monitoring of pesticides in drinking water lacks regular updates. This research study analysed 53 pesticides and degradation products to evaluate their presence in drinking water. The most frequently detected pe...

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Main Authors: Aparicio, Virginia Carolina, De Geronimo, Eduardo
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16815
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010023001312
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2023.100808
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description The application of pesticides in Argentina has been on the rise since 2000. However, the monitoring of pesticides in drinking water lacks regular updates. This research study analysed 53 pesticides and degradation products to evaluate their presence in drinking water. The most frequently detected pesticides in drinking water were atrazine, metolachlor, imidacloprid, hydroxyatrazine, imazethapyr and 2.4D. During the sample collection period, 25% of the soil was planted with winter crops, while just under 50% was allocated to summer crops, especially corn and soybeans. The correlation between the pesticides used in these crops and those found in drinking water was significant/notable. As a matter of fact, the individual concentration of pesticides in drinking water [25] exceeded the European limit in 8.7% and 17.6% of the samples collected from public and private water supplies, respectively, while the cumulative concentration of pesticides in drinking water exceeded the limit in 4.3% and 13.9% of the samples from public and private supplies, respectively. Based on these findings, we recommend/propose the inclusion of pesticides within the regulatory framework that governs the quality control of drinking water to guarantee the protection of public health and progressively reduce the use of pesticides in the Argentine agricultural system. Adopting these measures will contribute to ensuring the safety and sustainability of drinking water sources for the population.
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spelling INTA168152024-02-28T11:05:11Z Pesticide pollution in argentine drinking water: A call to ensure safe access Aparicio, Virginia Carolina De Geronimo, Eduardo Agricultura Aguas Subterráneas Polución del Agua Agua Potable Comunidades Rurales Zonas Urbanas Argentina Plaguicidas Agriculture Groundwater Water Pollution Drinking Water Rural Communities Urban Areas Pesticides The application of pesticides in Argentina has been on the rise since 2000. However, the monitoring of pesticides in drinking water lacks regular updates. This research study analysed 53 pesticides and degradation products to evaluate their presence in drinking water. The most frequently detected pesticides in drinking water were atrazine, metolachlor, imidacloprid, hydroxyatrazine, imazethapyr and 2.4D. During the sample collection period, 25% of the soil was planted with winter crops, while just under 50% was allocated to summer crops, especially corn and soybeans. The correlation between the pesticides used in these crops and those found in drinking water was significant/notable. As a matter of fact, the individual concentration of pesticides in drinking water [25] exceeded the European limit in 8.7% and 17.6% of the samples collected from public and private water supplies, respectively, while the cumulative concentration of pesticides in drinking water exceeded the limit in 4.3% and 13.9% of the samples from public and private supplies, respectively. Based on these findings, we recommend/propose the inclusion of pesticides within the regulatory framework that governs the quality control of drinking water to guarantee the protection of public health and progressively reduce the use of pesticides in the Argentine agricultural system. Adopting these measures will contribute to ensuring the safety and sustainability of drinking water sources for the population. EEA Balcarce Fil: Aparicio, Virginia Carolina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Fil: De Geronimo, Eduardo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. 2024-02-28T10:57:56Z 2024-02-28T10:57:56Z 2024-01 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16815 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010023001312 2667-0100 (Online) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2023.100808 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Environmental Challenges 14 : 100808 (January 2024)
spellingShingle Agricultura
Aguas Subterráneas
Polución del Agua
Agua Potable
Comunidades Rurales
Zonas Urbanas
Argentina
Plaguicidas
Agriculture
Groundwater
Water Pollution
Drinking Water
Rural Communities
Urban Areas
Pesticides
Aparicio, Virginia Carolina
De Geronimo, Eduardo
Pesticide pollution in argentine drinking water: A call to ensure safe access
title Pesticide pollution in argentine drinking water: A call to ensure safe access
title_full Pesticide pollution in argentine drinking water: A call to ensure safe access
title_fullStr Pesticide pollution in argentine drinking water: A call to ensure safe access
title_full_unstemmed Pesticide pollution in argentine drinking water: A call to ensure safe access
title_short Pesticide pollution in argentine drinking water: A call to ensure safe access
title_sort pesticide pollution in argentine drinking water a call to ensure safe access
topic Agricultura
Aguas Subterráneas
Polución del Agua
Agua Potable
Comunidades Rurales
Zonas Urbanas
Argentina
Plaguicidas
Agriculture
Groundwater
Water Pollution
Drinking Water
Rural Communities
Urban Areas
Pesticides
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/16815
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010023001312
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2023.100808
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