Assessing pesticide residues occurrence and risks in water systems: A Pan-European and Argentina perspective

Irene Navarro; Adrián de la Torre; Paloma Sanz; Nelson Abrantes; Isabel Campos; Abdallah Alaoui; Florian Christ; Francisco Alcon; Josefina Contreras; Matjaž Glavan; Igor Pasković; Marija Polić Pasković; Trine Nørgaard; Daniele Mandrioli; Daria Sgargi; Jakub Hofman; Virginia Aparicio; Isabelle Baldi; Mathilde Bureau; Anne Vested; Paula Harkes; Esperanza Huerta-Lwanga; Hans Mol; Violette Geissen; Vera Silva; María Ángeles Martínez

doi:10.1016/j.watres.2024.121419

Assessing pesticide residues occurrence and risks in water systems: A Pan-European and Argentina perspective

Irene Navarro^*, Adrián de la Torre, Paloma Sanz, Nelson Abrantes, Isabel Campos, Abdallah Alaoui, Florian Christ, Francisco Alcon, Josefina Contreras, Matjaž Glavan, Igor Pasković, Marija Polić Pasković, Trine Nørgaard, Daniele Mandrioli, Daria Sgargi, Jakub Hofman, Virginia Aparicio, Isabelle Baldi, Mathilde Bureau, Anne VestedPaula Harkes, Esperanza Huerta-Lwanga, Hans Mol, Violette Geissen, Vera Silva, María Ángeles Martínez

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Freshwater ecosystems face a particularly high risk of biodiversity loss compared to marine and terrestrial systems. The use of pesticides in agricultural fields is recognized as a relevant stressor for freshwater environments, exerting a negative impact worldwide on the overall status and health of the freshwater communities. In the present work, part of the Horizon 2020 funded SPRINT project, the occurrence of 193 pesticide residues was investigated in 64 small water bodies of distinct typology (creeks, streams, channels, ditches, rivers, lakes, ponds and reservoirs), located in regions with high agricultural activity in 10 European countries and in Argentina. Mixtures of pesticide residues were detected in all water bodies (20, median; 8–40 min-max). Total pesticide levels found ranged between 6.89 and 5860 ng/L, highlighting herbicides as the dominant type of pesticides. Glyphosate was the compound with the highest median concentration followed by 2,4-D and MCPA, and in a lower degree by dimethomorph, fluopicolide, prothioconazole and metolachlor(-S). Argentina was the site with the highest total pesticide concentration in water bodies followed by The Netherlands, Portugal and France. One or more pesticides exceeded the threshold values established in the European Water Framework Directive for surface water in 9 out of 11 case study sites (CSS), and the total pesticide concentration surpassed the reference value of 500 ng/L in 8 CSS. Although only 5 % (bifenthrin, dieldrin, fipronil sulfone, permethrin, and terbutryn) of the individual pesticides denoted high risk (RQ > 1), the ratios estimated for pesticide mixtures suggested potential environmental risk in the aquatic compartment studied.

Original language	English
Article number	121419
Journal	Water Research
Volume	254
ISSN	0043-1354
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121419
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2024

Keywords

Environmental risk
Occurrence
Plant protection products
SPRINT project
Water bodies
Water
Pesticides/analysis
Rivers/chemistry
Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
Argentina
Environmental Monitoring
Ecosystem
Pesticide Residues

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Navarro, I., de la Torre, A., Sanz, P., Abrantes, N., Campos, I., Alaoui, A., Christ, F., Alcon, F., Contreras, J., Glavan, M., Pasković, I., Pasković, M. P., Nørgaard, T., Mandrioli, D., Sgargi, D., Hofman, J., Aparicio, V., Baldi, I., Bureau, M., ... Martínez, M. Á. (2024). Assessing pesticide residues occurrence and risks in water systems: A Pan-European and Argentina perspective. Water Research, 254, Article 121419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121419

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