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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 731, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139181
Keywords
Pyrethroids; Yangtze River Delta; Agricultural soil; Distribution; Risk assessment
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Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFA0207003, 2018YFC1800704]
- Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province [2019B110207002]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41701357]
- Maoming Science and Technology Plan Program [2019S0000004, 2019S002001]
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This study focused on contamination levels and spatial distributions of four common pyrethroids found in agricultural soils of the Yangtze River Delta (YRD), China. Pyrethroids were detected in 241 soil samples (88.8% detection rate) with total concentrations ranging from cypermethrin (1.10 ng/g) > deltamethrin (0.89 ng/g) > cyhalothrin (0.20 ng/g). The highest concentration of fenpropathrin was recorded as 37.6 ng/g. The highest detection rate of 63.9% was found for cyhalothrin. A distinct pattern of spatial distribution was observed where high concentrations of pyrethroids were detected in sites around Taihu Lake. Potential sources of pyrethroids in agricultural soils from the YRD region include pyrethroids used for pest control and wastewater irrigation in the region. Redundancy and correlation analyses show that the soil TOC values have played a significant role in the behavior of pyrethroids in agricultural soils of the YRD region. Potential ecological risks of pyrethroids in agricultural soils of the YRD region are low. Cypermethrin and cyhalothrin showed potential toxic effects on the ecological conditions of agricultural soils in 4.6% and 2.9% of the sampling sites, respectively. Further studies should pay more attention to the potential human health risks posed by pyrethroids in agricultural soils for the protection of soil quality and food safety. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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