Assessing pesticide residue occurrence and risks in the environment across Europe and Argentina
The widespread and extensive use of pesticides in European crop production to reduce losses from weeds, diseases, and insects may have serious consequences on the ecosystem and human health. This study aimed to identify 20 active substances of high health risk, based on their detection frequency wit...
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| author | Alaoui, Abdallah Christ, Florian Abrantes, Nelson Silva, Vera González, Neus Gai, Lingtong Harkes, Paula Navarro, Irene De la Torre, Adrián Martínez, María Ángeles Nørgaard, Trine Vested, Anne Schlünssen, Vivi Aparicio, Virginia Carolina Campos, Isabel Pasković, Igor Polić Pasković, Marija Glavan, Matjaž Ritsema, Coen Geissen, Violette |
| author_browse | Abrantes, Nelson Alaoui, Abdallah Aparicio, Virginia Carolina Campos, Isabel Christ, Florian De la Torre, Adrián Gai, Lingtong Geissen, Violette Glavan, Matjaž González, Neus Harkes, Paula Martínez, María Ángeles Navarro, Irene Nørgaard, Trine Pasković, Igor Polić Pasković, Marija Ritsema, Coen Schlünssen, Vivi Silva, Vera Vested, Anne |
| author_facet | Alaoui, Abdallah Christ, Florian Abrantes, Nelson Silva, Vera González, Neus Gai, Lingtong Harkes, Paula Navarro, Irene De la Torre, Adrián Martínez, María Ángeles Nørgaard, Trine Vested, Anne Schlünssen, Vivi Aparicio, Virginia Carolina Campos, Isabel Pasković, Igor Polić Pasković, Marija Glavan, Matjaž Ritsema, Coen Geissen, Violette |
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| description | The widespread and extensive use of pesticides in European crop production to reduce losses from weeds, diseases, and insects may have serious consequences on the ecosystem and human health. This study aimed to identify 20 active substances of high health risk, based on their detection frequency within and across the environmental matrices (soil, crop, water, and sediment) and to identify their associated hazardous effects. A sampling campaign was conducted across 10 case study sites in Europe and 1 in Argentina and included conventional and organic farming systems. In 31% of cases, the detected substances were found at a higher concentration in the soil than in the corresponding crops, 93% of the compounds were fungicides, and the remainder were insecticides. 43% of the substances, 57% of which were insecticides, were detected only in soil. There was a clear relationship between soils and crops in terms of contamination, but not between water and sediment. Portuguese soil (wine grapes) had the highest number of substances (12) with average concentrations (AC) varying between 1 and 162 μg/kg, followed by French (11 substances in wine grapes) (1≤AC≤64 μg/kg) and Spanish soils (9 substances in vegetables) (3≤AC≤59 μg/kg). The crops corresponding to these soils contained a relatively high number of detected substances and several in high average concentrations (AC). The risk quotient was consistently higher for conventional farms than for organic farms. For the soils from conventional farms, 5 active substances (chlorpyrifos, glyphosate, boscalid, difenoconazole, lambda-cyhalothrin, and one metabolite: AMPA) were considered high risk. For water samples, 2 substances (dieldrin and terbuthylazine) found were high risk, and for sediment, there were 3 substances (metalaxyl-M, spiroxamine, and lambda-cyhalothrin). There were 6 substances detected in crops that are suspected to cause human health effects. Uncontaminated soil is a prerequisite for the adoption of sustainable alternatives to pesticides. Efforts are needed to elucidate the unknown effects of mixtures, including biocides and banned compounds in addition to the substances used in agriculture. |
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| spelling | INTA199512024-10-29T10:13:48Z Assessing pesticide residue occurrence and risks in the environment across Europe and Argentina Alaoui, Abdallah Christ, Florian Abrantes, Nelson Silva, Vera González, Neus Gai, Lingtong Harkes, Paula Navarro, Irene De la Torre, Adrián Martínez, María Ángeles Nørgaard, Trine Vested, Anne Schlünssen, Vivi Aparicio, Virginia Carolina Campos, Isabel Pasković, Igor Polić Pasković, Marija Glavan, Matjaž Ritsema, Coen Geissen, Violette Suelo Cultivos Agua Residuos de Plaguicidas Evaluación de Riesgos Europa Argentina Soil Crops Water Pesticide Residues Risk Assessment The widespread and extensive use of pesticides in European crop production to reduce losses from weeds, diseases, and insects may have serious consequences on the ecosystem and human health. This study aimed to identify 20 active substances of high health risk, based on their detection frequency within and across the environmental matrices (soil, crop, water, and sediment) and to identify their associated hazardous effects. A sampling campaign was conducted across 10 case study sites in Europe and 1 in Argentina and included conventional and organic farming systems. In 31% of cases, the detected substances were found at a higher concentration in the soil than in the corresponding crops, 93% of the compounds were fungicides, and the remainder were insecticides. 43% of the substances, 57% of which were insecticides, were detected only in soil. There was a clear relationship between soils and crops in terms of contamination, but not between water and sediment. Portuguese soil (wine grapes) had the highest number of substances (12) with average concentrations (AC) varying between 1 and 162 μg/kg, followed by French (11 substances in wine grapes) (1≤AC≤64 μg/kg) and Spanish soils (9 substances in vegetables) (3≤AC≤59 μg/kg). The crops corresponding to these soils contained a relatively high number of detected substances and several in high average concentrations (AC). The risk quotient was consistently higher for conventional farms than for organic farms. For the soils from conventional farms, 5 active substances (chlorpyrifos, glyphosate, boscalid, difenoconazole, lambda-cyhalothrin, and one metabolite: AMPA) were considered high risk. For water samples, 2 substances (dieldrin and terbuthylazine) found were high risk, and for sediment, there were 3 substances (metalaxyl-M, spiroxamine, and lambda-cyhalothrin). There were 6 substances detected in crops that are suspected to cause human health effects. Uncontaminated soil is a prerequisite for the adoption of sustainable alternatives to pesticides. Efforts are needed to elucidate the unknown effects of mixtures, including biocides and banned compounds in addition to the substances used in agriculture. EEA Balcarce Fil: Alaoui, Abdallah. University of Bern. Institute of Geography; Suiza Fil: Christ, Florian. University of Bern. Institute of Geography; Suiza Fil: Abrantes, Nelson. University of Aveiro. CESAM and Department of Biology; Portugal Fil: Silva, Vera. Wageningen University and Research; Países Bajos Fil: González, Neus. Universitat Rovira i Virgili; España Fil: Gai, Lingtong. Wageningen University and Research; Países Bajos Fil: Harkes, Paula. Wageningen University and Research; Países Bajos Fil: Navarro, Irene. Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas; España Fil: De la Torre, Adrián. Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas; España Fil: Martínez, María Ángeles. Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas; España Fil: Nørgaard, Trine. Aarhus University. Department of Agroecology; Dinamarca Fil: Vested, Anne. Aarhus University. Danish Ramazzini Centre; Dinamarca Fil: Schlünssen, Vivi. Aarhus University; Dinamarca Fil: Aparicio, Virginia Carolina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina Fil: Campos, Isabel. University of Aveiro. CESAM and Department of Environment and Planning, Portugal Fil: Pasković, Igor. Institute of Agriculture and Tourism. Department of Agriculture and Nutrition; Croacia Fil: Polić Pasković, Marija. Institute of Agriculture and Tourism. Department of Agriculture and Nutrition; Croacia Fil: Glavan, Matjaž. University of Ljubljana. Biotechnical Faculty; Eslovenia Fil: Ritsema, Coen. Wageningen University and Research; Países Bajos Fil: Geissen, Violette. Wageningen University and Research; Países Bajos 2024-10-29T10:06:05Z 2024-10-29T10:06:05Z 2024-12 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/19951 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749124017718 0269-7491 (print) 1873-6424 (online) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125056 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 Pollution 363, Part 1 : 125056 (December 2024) |
| spellingShingle | Suelo Cultivos Agua Residuos de Plaguicidas Evaluación de Riesgos Europa Argentina Soil Crops Water Pesticide Residues Risk Assessment Alaoui, Abdallah Christ, Florian Abrantes, Nelson Silva, Vera González, Neus Gai, Lingtong Harkes, Paula Navarro, Irene De la Torre, Adrián Martínez, María Ángeles Nørgaard, Trine Vested, Anne Schlünssen, Vivi Aparicio, Virginia Carolina Campos, Isabel Pasković, Igor Polić Pasković, Marija Glavan, Matjaž Ritsema, Coen Geissen, Violette Assessing pesticide residue occurrence and risks in the environment across Europe and Argentina |
| title | Assessing pesticide residue occurrence and risks in the environment across Europe and Argentina |
| title_full | Assessing pesticide residue occurrence and risks in the environment across Europe and Argentina |
| title_fullStr | Assessing pesticide residue occurrence and risks in the environment across Europe and Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing pesticide residue occurrence and risks in the environment across Europe and Argentina |
| title_short | Assessing pesticide residue occurrence and risks in the environment across Europe and Argentina |
| title_sort | assessing pesticide residue occurrence and risks in the environment across europe and argentina |
| topic | Suelo Cultivos Agua Residuos de Plaguicidas Evaluación de Riesgos Europa Argentina Soil Crops Water Pesticide Residues Risk Assessment |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/19951 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749124017718 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125056 |
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