期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 691, 期 -, 页码 476-482出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.044
关键词
Risk quotients; Legacy and current use pesticides; Risk maps; Pesticide mixtures
资金
- Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica [FONCyT PICT 2017-0980]
- Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata [899/18, 900/18]
Agricultural production in the Pampas region is one of the most important economic activities in Argentina. However, the possible environmental effects related to the growth of this activity in the last years have not been studied enough. Particularly, the effects of pesticides mixtures are a topic of great concern both for society and regulatory authorities worldwide, given the possible additive and synergistic relationships between these chemicals and their possible effects on aquatic biota. Based on a concentration addition model, this study developed an Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA) of pesticides from freshwater ecosystems in the Pampas region. For this purpose, reported pesticides concentrations available in public bibliography and a Risk Quotients (RQs) approach were used. A cumulative risk map was established to display RQs for current use pesticides (CUPs) and legacy chemicals. The Sigma RQs were calculated for 66 sites, using available reported measured environmental concentrations (MECs) and predicted no effect concentrations (PNECs) of pesticides. While Sigma RQ for only CUPs resulted in a high and very high risk (Sigma RQ > 1) for 29% of the sites, when legacy pesticides were incorporated this percentage reached the 41% of the sites, increasing significantly the absolute values of RQ. Herbicides like glyphosate and atrazine contributed considerably to the Sigma RQ(CUPs) while organochlorines were the major contributors for Sigma RQs when legacy pesticides were incorporated. Moreover, some active ingredients (acetochlor, carbendazim and fenitrothion) which are approved for their use in Argentina but banned in EU showed high contribution to Sigma RQ(CUPs). The present study is the first attempt to develop an ERA in surface water of the Pampas region of Argentina and it provides a starting point for a more comprehensive pesticides monitoring and a further risk assessment program. (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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