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Lindahl A, Reichenberger S, Pohlert T, Multsch S, Boström G, Gönczi M, Stenemo F, Kreuger J, Markensten H, Jarvis N. A web-based pesticide risk assessment tool for drinking water protection zones in Sweden. J Environ Manage 2024; 357:120700. [PMID: 38565029 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/17/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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To protect human health, wildlife and the aquatic environment, "safe uses" of pesticides are determined at the EU level while product authorization and terms of use are established at the national level. In Sweden, extra precaution is taken to protect drinking water, and permits are therefore required for pesticide use within abstraction zones. This paper presents MACRO-DB, a tool for assessing pesticide contamination risks of groundwater and surface water, used by authorities to support their decision-making for issuing such permits. MACRO-DB is a meta-model based on 583,200 simulations of the physically-based MACRO model used for assessing pesticide leaching risks at EU and national level. MACRO-DB is simple to use and runs on widely available input data. In a qualitative comparative assessment for two counties in Sweden, MACRO-DB outputs were in general agreement with groundwater monitoring data and matched or were more protective than the national risk assessment procedure for groundwater.
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- Anna Lindahl
- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7050, SE-75007, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Knoell Germany GmbH, Konrad-Zuse-Ring 25, 68163, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7050, SE-75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7050, SE-75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7050, SE-75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7050, SE-75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7050, SE-75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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Cederlund H. Environmental fate of glyphosate used on Swedish railways - Results from environmental monitoring conducted between 2007-2010 and 2015-2019. Sci Total Environ 2022; 811:152361. [PMID: 34915020 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Glyphosate herbicides are widely relied upon by European railway operators for controlling vegetation growing on railway tracks. In Sweden, concentrations of glyphosate and its main degradation product AMPA have been monitored in the groundwater close to railways during two monitoring periods: between 2007-2010 and 2015-2019. In total, 603 groundwater samples from 12 different monitoring sites and 645 soil samples from 5 of these sites were analyzed. Glyphosate and AMPA were detected in 16% and 14%, respectively, of groundwater samples taken from directly beneath the track, with concentrations exceeding the EU groundwater quality standard of 0.1 μg/L in 6 and 4% of the cases, respectively. The highest concentrations detected in single samples were 7 μg glyphosate/L and 1.1 μg AMPA/L. However, further horizontal spread in the groundwater zone appeared to be limited as glyphosate and AMPA were only detected in 1-3% of the groundwater samples taken from outside the track area itself, and since no difference was seen between water from reference and down-gradient wells. In the autumn of 2018, higher concentrations were detected in the groundwater from beneath 3 out of the 5 then active monitoring sites and a possible explanation is that the unusually hot and dry summer of 2018 limited degradation, thus leading to an increased susceptibility of leaching. The contents of glyphosate and AMPA in soil samples from three of the sites were very low (average < 0.05 mg/kg in soil from 0 to 30 cm), indicating that they were only sprayed to a limited degree, whereas the contents from two of the test sites were in line with what would be expected based on the used dose and a predicted half-life of about 4 ± 2 months (average 0.22-0.84 mg/kg). No signs of accumulation of glyphosate in the railway ballast over time were observed.
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- Harald Cederlund
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Box 7015, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden.
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Karpun NN, Yanushevskaya EB, Mikhailova YV, Díaz-Torrijo J, Krutyakov YA, Gusev AA, Neaman A. Side effects of traditional pesticides on soil microbial respiration in orchards on the Russian Black Sea coast. Chemosphere 2021; 275:130040. [PMID: 33647685 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Agricultural use of pesticides has greatly increased worldwide over the last several decades, affecting soil microorganisms. Microbial basal respiration and substrate-induced respiration rates are commonly used to assess the detrimental effects of pesticides on soil quality. The goal of the present study was (1) to compare the impact of different pesticides on soil microbial respiration under field conditions, and (2) to characterize the recovery time of soil microbial respiration after pesticide application. The following pesticides were used in the present study: chlorpyrifos, phosalone, dimethoate (organophosphorus insecticides), λ-cyhalothrin (pyrethroid insecticide), and kresoxim-methyl (fungicide). The application of all the pesticides at commercial doses led to a decrease in soil microbial respiration. The inhibition of basal respiration and substrate-induced respiration rate decreased in the following order: chlorpyrifos > phosalone > dimethoate > λ-cyhalothrin ≈ kresoxim-methyl. Among all the pesticides assessed, chlorpyrifos showed the highest toxicity as well as the highest persistence. Several of the observed results differed greatly from previous studies; thus, local assessments are highly advisable. Given that environmental concerns can be a key decision factor for pesticide selection, assessment of different pesticides-such as undertaken in this study-could help farmers to choose the most appropriate pesticide.
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- Natalia N Karpun
- Russian Research Institute for Floriculture and Subtropical Crops, Sochi, Russia
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- Russian Research Institute for Floriculture and Subtropical Crops, Sochi, Russia
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- Instituto de Ingeniería Agraria y Suelos, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Alimentarias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Engineering Center, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, Russia; Research Institute for Environmental Science and Biotechnology, Derzhavin Tambov State University, Tambov, Russia
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- Instituto de Ingeniería Agraria y Suelos, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Alimentarias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.
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Mourid EH, Lakraimi M, Legrouri A. Removal and Release of the 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Herbicide from Wastewater by Layered Double Hydroxides. J Inorg Organomet Polym Mater 2021; 31:2116-28. [DOI: 10.1007/s10904-020-01845-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Muskus AM, Krauss M, Miltner A, Hamer U, Nowak KM. Degradation of glyphosate in a Colombian soil is influenced by temperature, total organic carbon content and pH. Environ Pollut 2020; 259:113767. [PMID: 31887598 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Revised: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Glyphosate is one of the most used herbicides in the world. The fate of glyphosate in tropical soils may be different from that in soils from temperate regions. In particular, the amounts and types of non-extractable residues (NER) may differ considerably, resulting in different relative contributions of xenoNER (sorbed and sequestered parent compound) and bioNER (biomass residues of degraders). In addition, environmental conditions and agricultural practices leading to total organic carbon (TOC) or pH variation can alter the degradation of glyphosate. The aim of this study is thus to investigate how the glyphosate degradation and turnover are influenced by varying temperature, pH and TOC of sandy loam soil from Colombia. The pH or TOC of a Colombian soil was modified to yield five treatments: control (pH 7.0, TOC 3%), 4% TOC, 5% TOC, pH 6.5, and pH 5.5. Each treatment received 50 mg kg-1 of 13C315N-glyphosate and was incubated at 10 °C, 20 °C and 30 °C for 40 days. Rising temperature increased the mineralization of 13C315N-glyphosate from 13 to 20% (10 °C) to 32-39% (20 °C) and 41-51% (30 °C) and decreased the amounts of extractable 13C315N-glyphosate after 40 days of incubation from 13 to 26% (10 °C) to 4.6-12% (20 °C) and 1.2-3.2% (30 °C). Extractable 13C315N-glyphosate increased with higher TOC and higher pH. Total 13C-NER were similar in all treatments and at all temperatures (47%-60%), indicating that none of the factors studied affected the amount of total 13C-NER. However, 13C-bioNER dominated within the 13C-NER pool in the control and the 4% TOC treatment (76-88% of total 13C-NER at 20 °C and 30 °C), whereas in soil with 5% TOC and pH 6.5 or 5.5 13C-bioNER were lower (47-61% at 20 °C and 30 °C). In contrast, the 15N-bioNER pool was small (between 14 and 39% of the 15N-NER). Thus, more than 60% of 15N-NER is potentially hazardous xenobiotic NER which need careful attention in the future.
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- Angelica M Muskus
- UFZ - Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Heisenbergstr. 2, 48149, Münster, Germany; Pontifical Bolivarian University, Environmental Engineering Faculty, Km 7 Vía Piedecuesta, Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- UFZ - Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Effect-Directed Analysis, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Heisenbergstr. 2, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Chair of Geobiotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Ackerstraße 76, 13355, Berlin, Germany.
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The distribution of pesticides in soils with consequences for their mobility, bioavailability and water contamination is mainly ruled by sorption processes. Such processes are seldom investigated in tropical soils. Thus, specific interactions between tropical soils and most pesticides are widely unknown. Furthermore, the question arises whether the same factors govern adsorption in tropical and temperate soils. Thus, the sorption behaviour of five phenylurea herbicides (PUHs) was studied in eighteen differently composed soils originating from southwestern Nigeria. Sorption data were obtained by equilibrating the soil samples with 0.01 M CaCl2 solutions spiked with increasing concentrations of the target PUHs. The equilibrium data fitted well to the Freundlich isotherm equation (R2 ≥ 0.96), delivering the corresponding parameters (Kf and n). Linear distribution coefficients (Kd) were also calculated. The Pearson correlation was used to identify the specific soil and herbicide properties that have statistically significant correlations with sorption parameters. High correlations were established for various soil properties (pH, cation exchange capacity, organic carbon content, content of amorphous Fe and Mn oxides, clay/silt mass proportions) as well as molecular descriptors (octanol-water partition coefficient (log Kow) and molecular mass (Mw)) of the moderately hydrophobic herbicides. Monuron, chlorotoluron and isoproturon showed higher affinities for soil than previously reported. The gathered knowledge might assist in the assessment and in the precautionary avoidance of potential risks generated by these compounds in tropical soils.
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- Department of Analytical and Ecological Chemistry, University of Trier, Trier, Germany
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Gluhar S, Kaurin A, Grubar T, Prosen H, Lestan D. Dissipation of mecoprop-P, isoproturon, bentazon and S-metolachlor in heavy metal contaminated acidic and calcareous soil before and after EDTA-based remediation. Chemosphere 2019; 237:124513. [PMID: 31401429 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The ability of contaminated farmland soils reclaimed by remediation to dissipate pesticides and thus to mitigate their unwanted environmental effects, i.e., leaching and run-off, was studied. Novel EDTA-based soil washing technology (EDTA and process waters recycling; no toxic emissions) removed 79 and 73% of Pb from acidic and calcareous soil with 740 and 2179 mg kg-1 Pb, respectively. The dissipation kinetics of four herbicides: mecoprop-P, isoproturon, bentazon and S-metolachlor was investigated under field conditions in beds with maize (Zea mays) and barley (Hordeum vulgare). The biphasic First-Order Multi-Compartment (FOMC) model was used to fit experimental data and calculate the herbicides' half-life (DT50) in soil. Remediation significantly (up to 64%) decreased dehydrogenase activity assessed as a marker of soil microbial activity and prolonged the DT50 of herbicides in acidic soils from 16% (isoproturon) to 111% (S-metachlor). Remediation had a less significant effect on herbicide dissipation in calcareous soils; i.e., mecoprop-P DT50 increased by 3%, while isoproturon and S-metachlor DT50 decreased by 29%. Overall, the dissipation from remediated soils was faster than the average DT50 of tested herbicides published in the Pesticides Properties DataBase. Results demonstrate that EDTA-based remediation of the studied soils does not pose any threat of extended herbicide persistence.
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- Simon Gluhar
- Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Envit Ltd., Trzaska cesta 330, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Siek M, Paszko T. Factors affecting coupled degradation and time-dependent sorption processes of tebuconazole in mineral soil profiles. Sci Total Environ 2019; 690:1035-1047. [PMID: 31302536 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This laboratory degradation and adsorption study aimed to determine the tebuconazole degradation parameters for 6 profiles of Polish mineral soils and to find links between the tebuconazole degradation rate, its adsorption, soil microbial activity and other significant soil properties. The values of the adsorption distribution coefficient Kd, obtained in batch experiments after 96 h of shaking were in the range of 6.2-34.6 mL g-1. In both batch experiments and incubation experiments at 20 °C, the typical course of adsorption processes was observed, an initial rapid stage followed by a slow stage. In 3 of the 18 soils examined, adsorption was not reached within 51 days. The range of the half-life values was 201-433 days for the Ap horizon and up to 3904 days for subsoils, which were estimated using the two-site nonequilibrium adsorption model coupled with first-order degradation for dissolved and adsorbed pesticide. It was found that modeling the degradation of tebuconazole on the basis of the coefficients of microbial biomass activity for topsoil and two subsoils explained almost 96% of the variance of the estimated pore water degradation rate coefficients in examined soils. The degradation rate was also negatively correlated with the amount adsorbed in the time dependent adsorption sites. This fraction was the least available for soil microorganisms because it was strongly adsorbed in soil pores with a radius <2.5 nm, determined from the H2O desorption isotherm. The degradation rate was also affected by the ratio of the water content in soil during degradation experiments to the water content at field capacity. The results indicated that degradation occurred in the soil liquid phase only.
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- M Siek
- Department of Chemistry, University of Life Sciences, Akademicka 15, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Life Sciences, Akademicka 15, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.
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Muskus AM, Krauss M, Miltner A, Hamer U, Nowak KM. Effect of temperature, pH and total organic carbon variations on microbial turnover of 13C 315N-glyphosate in agricultural soil. Sci Total Environ 2019; 658:697-707. [PMID: 30580222 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2018] [Revised: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Glyphosate is the best-selling and the most-used broad-spectrum herbicide worldwide. Microbial conversion of glyphosate to CO2 and biogenic non-extractable residues (bioNER) leads to its complete degradation. The degradation of glyphosate may vary in different soils and it depends on environmental conditions and soil properties. To date, the influence of temperature, soil pH and total organic carbon (TOC) on microbial conversion of glyphosate to bioNER has not been investigated yet. The pH or TOC of an agricultural original soil (pH 6.6, TOC 2.1%) was modified using sulfuric acid or farmyard manure (FYM), respectively. Each treatment: original (I), 3% TOC (II), 4% TOC (III), pH 6.0 (IV) and pH 5.5 (V) was amended with 13C315N-glyphosate and incubated at 10 °C, 20 °C and 30 °C for 39 days. The temperature was the main factor controlling the mineralization and the extractable 13C315N-glyphosate, whereas higher TOC content and lower pH resulted in enhanced formation of 13C-bioNER. After 39 days the cumulative mineralization of 13C-glyphosate was in the range of 12-22% (10 °C), 37-47% (20 °C) and 43-54% (30 °C). Extractable residues of 13C-glyphosate were in the range of 10-21% (10 °C) and 4-10% (20 °C and 30 °C); whereas those of 15N-glyphosate were as follows 20-32% (10 °C) and 12-25% (20 °C and 30 °C). The 13C-NER comprised about 53-69% of 13C-mass balance in soils incubated at 10 °C, but 40-50% in soils incubated at 20 °C and 30 °C. The 15N-NER were higher than the 13C-NER and varied between 62% and 74% at 10 °C, between 53% and 81% at 20 °C and 30 °C. A major formation of 13C-bioNER (72-88% of 13C-NER) at 20 °C and 30 °C was noted in soil amended with FYM. An increased formation of 15N-bioNER (14-17% of 15N-NER) was also observed in FYM-amended soil. The xenobiotic 15N-NER had a major share within the 15N-NER and thus need to be considered when assessing the environmental risk of glyphosate-NER.
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- Angelica M Muskus
- Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Heisenbergstr. 2, 48149 Münster, Germany; Pontifical Bolivarian University, Environmental Engineering Faculty, Km 7 Vía Piedecuesta, Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Effect-Directed Analysis, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Heisenbergstr. 2, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- Chair of Geobiotechnology, Technische Universität Berlin, Ackerstraße 76, 13355 Berlin, Germany.
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la Cecilia D, Tang FHM, Coleman NV, Conoley C, Vervoort RW, Maggi F. Glyphosate dispersion, degradation, and aquifer contamination in vineyards and wheat fields in the Po Valley, Italy. Water Res 2018; 146:37-54. [PMID: 30223108 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2018] [Revised: 08/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Biodegradation of glyphosate (GLP) and its metabolite aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) was numerically assessed for a vineyard and a wheat field in the Po Valley, Italy. Calculation of the Hazard Quotient suggested that GLP and AMPA can pose a risk of aquifer contamination in the top 1.5 m depth within 50 years of GLP use. Numerical results relative to soil GLP and AMPA concentrations, and GLP age, half life, and turnover time show that GLP was equivalently removed through hydrolysis and oxidation, but the latter produced AMPA. Biodegradation processes in the root zone removed more than 90% of applied GLP and more than 23% of the produced AMPA between two consecutive applications. Doubling organic carbon availability enhanced GLP and AMPA biodegradation, especially GLP hydrolysis to sarcosine. This work highlights that GLP and AMPA removal is controlled by soil water dynamics that depend on ecohydrological boundary conditions, and by carbon sources availability to biodegraders.
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- Daniele la Cecilia
- Laboratory for Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Bld. J05, 2006, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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- Laboratory for Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Bld. J05, 2006, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Bld. G08, 2006, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Environmental Earth Sciences International Pty Ltd, 82-84, Dickson Ave, Artarmon, NSW, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Bld. G08, 2006, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Laboratory for Environmental Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, The University of Sydney, Bld. J05, 2006, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Paszko T, Jankowska M. Modeling the effect of adsorption on the degradation rate of propiconazole in profiles of Polish Luvisols. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2018; 161:584-593. [PMID: 29929135 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.05.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Revised: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 05/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Laboratory adsorption and degradation studies were carried out to determine the effect of time-dependent adsorption on propiconazole degradation rates in samples from three Polish Luvisols. Strong propiconazole adsorption (organic carbon normalized adsorption coefficients Koc in the range of 1217-7777 mL/g) was observed in batch experiments, with a typical biphasic mechanism with a fast initial step followed by the time-dependent step, which finished within 48 h in the majority of soils. The time-dependent step observed in incubation experiments was longer (duration from 5 to 23 d), and its contribution to total adsorption was from 20% to 34%. The half-lives obtained at 25 °C and 40% maximum water holding capacity of soil, were in the range of 34.7-112.9 d in the Ap horizon and in the range of 42.3-448.8 d for subsoils. The very strong correlations, between degradation rates in pore water and soil organic carbon and soil microbial activity, indicated that microbial degradation of propiconazole was most likely the only significant process responsible for the decay of this compound under aerobic conditions for the whole of the examined soil profiles. Modeling of the processes showed that only models coupling adsorption and degradation were able to correctly describe the experimental data. The analysis of the bioavailability factor values showed that degradation was not limited by the rate of propiconazole desorption from soil, but sorption affected the degradation rate by decreasing its availability for microorganisms.
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- Tadeusz Paszko
- Department of Chemistry, University of Life Sciences, Akademicka 15, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Life Sciences, Akademicka 15, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
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Al-Khazrajy OSA, Bergström E, Boxall ABA. Factors affecting the dissipation of pharmaceuticals in freshwater sediments. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018; 37:829-838. [PMID: 29068472 DOI: 10.1002/etc.4015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2017] [Revised: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Degradation is one of the key processes governing the impact of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment. Most studies on the degradation of pharmaceuticals have focused on soil and sludge, with fewer exploring persistence in aquatic sediments. We investigated the dissipation of 6 pharmaceuticals from different therapeutic classes in a range of sediment types. Dissipation of each pharmaceutical was found to follow first-order exponential decay. Half-lives in the sediments ranged from 9.5 (atenolol) to 78.8 (amitriptyline) d. Under sterile conditions, the persistence of pharmaceuticals was considerably longer. Stepwise multiple linear regression analysis was performed to explore the relationships between half-lives of the pharmaceuticals, sediment physicochemical properties, and sorption coefficients for the compounds. Sediment clay, silt, and organic carbon content and microbial activity were the predominant factors related to the degradation rates of diltiazem, cimetidine, and ranitidine. Regression analysis failed to highlight a key property which may be responsible for observed differences in the degradation of the other pharmaceuticals. The present results suggest that the degradation rate of pharmaceuticals in sediments is determined by different factors and processes and does not exclusively depend on a single sediment parameter. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:829-838. © 2017 SETAC.
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- Omar S A Al-Khazrajy
- Environment Department, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
- Department of Chemistry, College of Ibn al-Haitham, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
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- Centre of Excellence in Mass Spectrometry and Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
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Bai SH, Ogbourne SM. Glyphosate: environmental contamination, toxicity and potential risks to human health via food contamination. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2016; 23:18988-9001. [PMID: 27541149 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7425-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Glyphosate has been the most widely used herbicide during the past three decades. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classifies glyphosate as 'practically non-toxic and not an irritant' under the acute toxicity classification system. This classification is based primarily on toxicity data and due to its unique mode of action via a biochemical pathway that only exists in a small number of organisms that utilise the shikimic acid pathway to produce amino acids, most of which are green plants. This classification is supported by the majority of scientific literature on the toxic effects of glyphosate. However, in 2005, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reported that glyphosate and its major metabolite, aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA), are of potential toxicological concern, mainly as a result of accumulation of residues in the food chain. The FAO further states that the dietary risk of glyphosate and AMPA is unlikely if the maximum daily intake of 1 mg kg(-1) body weight (bw) is not exceeded. Research has now established that glyphosate can persist in the environment, and therefore, assessments of the health risks associated with glyphosate are more complicated than suggested by acute toxicity data that relate primarily to accidental high-rate exposure. We have used recent literature to assess the possible risks associated with the presence of glyphosate residues in food and the environment.
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- Shahla Hosseini Bai
- GeneCology Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD, 4558, Australia.
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- GeneCology Research Centre, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore DC, QLD, 4558, Australia
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Koskinen WC, Marek LJ, Hall KE. Analysis of glyphosate and aminomethylphosphonic acid in water, plant materials and soil. Pest Manag Sci 2016; 72:423-32. [PMID: 26454260 DOI: 10.1002/ps.4172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2015] [Revised: 10/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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There is a need for simple, fast, efficient and sensitive methods of analysis for glyphosate and its degradate aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in diverse matrices such as water, plant materials and soil to facilitate environmental research needed to address the continuing concerns related to increasing glyphosate use. A variety of water-based solutions have been used to extract the chemicals from different matrices. Many methods require extensive sample preparation, including derivatization and clean-up, prior to analysis by a variety of detection techniques. This review summarizes methods used during the past 15 years for analysis of glyphosate and AMPA in water, plant materials and soil. The simplest methods use aqueous extraction of glyphosate and AMPA from plant materials and soil, no derivatization, solid-phase extraction (SPE) columns for clean-up, guard columns for separation and confirmation of the analytes by mass spectrometry and quantitation using isotope-labeled internal standards. They have levels of detection (LODs) below the regulatory limits in North America. These methods are discussed in more detail in the review.
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Queyrel W, Habets F, Blanchoud H, Ripoche D, Launay M. Pesticide fate modeling in soils with the crop model STICS: Feasibility for assessment of agricultural practices. Sci Total Environ 2016; 542:787-802. [PMID: 26556743 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2015] [Revised: 10/11/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Numerous pesticide fate models are available, but few of them are able to take into account specific agricultural practices, such as catch crop, mixing crops or tillage in their predictions. In order to better integrate crop management and crop growth in the simulation of diffuse agricultural pollutions, and to manage both pesticide and nitrogen pollution, a pesticide fate module was implemented in the crop model STICS. The objectives of the study were: (i) to implement a pesticide fate module in the crop model STICS; (ii) to evaluate the model performance using experimental data from three sites with different pedoclimatic contexts, one in The Netherlands and two in northern France; (iii) to compare the simulations with several pesticide fate models; and (iv) to test the impact of specific agricultural practices on the transfer of the dissolved fraction of pesticides. The evaluations were carried out with three herbicides: bentazone, isoproturon, and atrazine. The strategy applied in this study relies on a noncalibration approach and sensitivity test to assess the operating limits of the model. To this end, the evaluation was performed with default values found in the literature and completed by sensitivity tests. The extended version of the STICS named STICS-Pest, shows similar results with other pesticide fate models widely used in the literature. Moreover, STICS-Pest was able to estimate realistic crop growth and catch crop dynamic, which thus illustrate agricultural practices leading to a reduction of nitrate and a change in pesticide leaching. The dynamic plot-scale model, STICS-Pest is able to simulate nitrogen and pesticide fluxes, when the hydrologic context is in the validity range of the reservoir (or capacity) model. According to these initial results, the model may be a relevant tool for studying the effect of long-term agricultural practices on pesticide residue dynamics in soil and the associated diffuse pollution transfer.
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- Wilfried Queyrel
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, Univ Paris 06, CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 METIS, Paris, France; UMR 1347 Agroecologie, AgroSup Dijon, Dijon, France.
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, Univ Paris 06, CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 METIS, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, Univ Paris 06, CNRS, EPHE, UMR 7619 METIS, Paris, France
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Rosenbom AE, Olsen P, Plauborg F, Grant R, Juhler RK, Brüsch W, Kjær J. Pesticide leaching through sandy and loamy fields - long-term lessons learnt from the Danish Pesticide Leaching Assessment Programme. Environ Pollut 2015; 201:75-90. [PMID: 25771345 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Revised: 03/02/2015] [Accepted: 03/05/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The European Union authorization procedure for pesticides includes an assessment of the leaching risk posed by pesticides and their degradation products (DP) with the aim of avoiding any unacceptable influence on groundwater. Twelve-year's results of the Danish Pesticide Leaching Assessment Programme reveal shortcomings to the procedure by having assessed leaching into groundwater of 43 pesticides applied in accordance with current regulations on agricultural fields, and 47 of their DP. Three types of leaching scenario were not fully captured by the procedure: long-term leaching of DP of pesticides applied on potato crops cultivated in sand, leaching of strongly sorbing pesticides after autumn application on loam, and leaching of various pesticides and their DP following early summer application on loam. Rapid preferential transport that bypasses the retardation of the plow layer primarily in autumn, but also during early summer, seems to dominate leaching in a number of those scenarios.
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- Annette E Rosenbom
- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Department of Geochemistry, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Aarhus University, Department of Agroecology, Blichers Allé 20, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
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- Aarhus University, Department of Agroecology, Blichers Allé 20, DK-8830 Tjele, Denmark
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- Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Vejlesøvej 25, DK-8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
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- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Department of Geochemistry, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Department of Geochemistry, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Department of Geochemistry, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark; Novozymes A/S, Krogshoejvej 36, DK-2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark
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Steffens K, Jarvis N, Lewan E, Lindström B, Kreuger J, Kjellström E, Moeys J. Direct and indirect effects of climate change on herbicide leaching--a regional scale assessment in Sweden. Sci Total Environ 2015; 514:239-249. [PMID: 25666284 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2014] [Revised: 12/17/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Climate change is not only likely to improve conditions for crop production in Sweden, but also to increase weed pressure and the need for herbicides. This study aimed at assessing and contrasting the direct and indirect effects of climate change on herbicide leaching to groundwater in a major crop production region in south-west Sweden with the help of the regional pesticide fate and transport model MACRO-SE. We simulated 37 out of the 41 herbicides that are currently approved for use in Sweden on eight major crop types for the 24 most common soil types in the region. The results were aggregated accounting for the fractional coverage of the crop and the area sprayed with a particular herbicide. For simulations of the future, we used projections of five different climate models as model driving data and assessed three different future scenarios: (A) only changes in climate, (B) changes in climate and land-use (altered crop distribution), and (C) changes in climate, land-use, and an increase in herbicide use. The model successfully distinguished between leachable and non-leachable compounds (88% correctly classified) in a qualitative comparison against regional-scale monitoring data. Leaching was dominated by only a few herbicides and crops under current climate and agronomic conditions. The model simulations suggest that the direct effects of an increase in temperature, which enhances degradation, and precipitation which promotes leaching, cancel each other at a regional scale, resulting in a slight decrease in leachate concentrations in a future climate. However, the area at risk of groundwater contamination doubled when indirect effects of changes in land-use and herbicide use, were considered. We therefore concluded that it is important to consider the indirect effects of climate change alongside the direct effects and that effective mitigation strategies and strict regulation are required to secure future (drinking) water resources.
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- Karin Steffens
- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7014, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7014, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7014, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7050, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7050, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Rossby Centre, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, 60176 Norrköping, Sweden
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- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7014, 75007 Uppsala, Sweden
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Zhang C, Hu X, Luo J, Wu Z, Wang L, Li B, Wang Y, Sun G. Degradation dynamics of glyphosate in different types of citrus orchard soils in China. Molecules 2015; 20:1161-75. [PMID: 25587790 PMCID: PMC6272633 DOI: 10.3390/molecules20011161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Glyphosate formulations that are used as a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide have been widely applied in agriculture, causing increasing concerns about residues in soils. In this study, the degradation dynamics of glyphosate in different types of citrus orchard soils in China were evaluated under field conditions. Glyphosate soluble powder and aqueous solution were applied at 3000 and 5040 g active ingredient/hm2, respectively, in citrus orchard soils, and periodically drawn soil samples were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography. The results showed that the amount of glyphosate and its degradation product aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA) in soils was reduced with the increase of time after application of glyphosate formulations. Indeed, the amount of glyphosate in red soil from Hunan and Zhejiang Province, and clay soil from Guangxi Province varied from 0.13 to 0.91 µg/g at 42 days after application of aqueous solution. Furthermore, the amount of glyphosate in medium loam from Zhejiang and Guangdong Province, and brown loam from Guizhou Province varied from less than 0.10 to 0.14 µg/g, while the amount of AMPA varied from less than 0.10 to 0.99 µg/g at 42 days after application of soluble powder. Overall, these findings demonstrated that the degradation dynamics of glyphosate aqueous solution and soluble powder as well as AMPA depend on the physicochemical properties of the applied soils, in particular soil pH, which should be carefully considered in the application of glyphosate herbicide.
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- Changpeng Zhang
- MOA Key Lab for Pesticide Residue Detection, Institute of Quality and Standard for Agro-products, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China.
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- MOA Key Lab for Pesticide Residue Detection, Institute of Quality and Standard for Agro-products, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China.
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- Shanghai Extension and Service Center of Agriculture Technical, Shanghai 201103, China.
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- Zhejiang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Hangzhou 310012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Plant Pest and Disease Control, Key Laboratory of Detection for Pesticide Residues, Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China.
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- State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Plant Pest and Disease Control, Key Laboratory of Detection for Pesticide Residues, Ministry of Agriculture, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China.
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Dechesne A, Badawi N, Aamand J, Smets BF. Fine scale spatial variability of microbial pesticide degradation in soil: scales, controlling factors, and implications. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:667. [PMID: 25538691 PMCID: PMC4257087 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2014] [Accepted: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Pesticide biodegradation is a soil microbial function of critical importance for modern agriculture and its environmental impact. While it was once assumed that this activity was homogeneously distributed at the field scale, mounting evidence indicates that this is rarely the case. Here, we critically examine the literature on spatial variability of pesticide biodegradation in agricultural soil. We discuss the motivations, methods, and main findings of the primary literature. We found significant diversity in the approaches used to describe and quantify spatial heterogeneity, which complicates inter-studies comparisons. However, it is clear that the presence and activity of pesticide degraders is often highly spatially variable with coefficients of variation often exceeding 50% and frequently displays non-random spatial patterns. A few controlling factors have tentatively been identified across pesticide classes: they include some soil characteristics (pH) and some agricultural management practices (pesticide application, tillage), while other potential controlling factors have more conflicting effects depending on the site or the pesticide. Evidence demonstrating the importance of spatial heterogeneity on the fate of pesticides in soil has been difficult to obtain but modeling and experimental systems that do not include soil's full complexity reveal that this heterogeneity must be considered to improve prediction of pesticide biodegradation rates or of leaching risks. Overall, studying the spatial heterogeneity of pesticide biodegradation is a relatively new field at the interface of agronomy, microbial ecology, and geosciences and a wealth of novel data is being collected from these different disciplinary perspectives. We make suggestions on possible avenues to take full advantage of these investigations for a better understanding and prediction of the fate of pesticides in soil.
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- Arnaud Dechesne
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Geochemistry, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Geochemistry, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark Lyngby, Denmark
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Akdogan A, Kartal AA, Hol A, Yılmaz Y, Divrikli U, Elci L. Determination of Pesticides in Soil by Mechanical Stirring-Assisted Extraction Coupled with Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. ANAL LETT 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2013.845901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ghafoor A, Moeys J, Stenström J, Tranter G, Jarvis NJ. Modeling spatial variation in microbial degradation of pesticides in soil. Environ Sci Technol 2011; 45:6411-6419. [PMID: 21682283 DOI: 10.1021/es2012353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Currently, no general guidance is available on suitable approaches for dealing with spatial variation in the first-order pesticide degradation rate constant k even though it is a very sensitive parameter and often highly variable at the field, catchment, and regional scales. Supported by some mechanistic reasoning, we propose a simple general modeling approach to predict k from the sorption constant, which reflects bioavailability, and easily measurable surrogate variables for microbial biomass/activity (organic carbon and clay contents). The soil depth was also explicitly included as an additional predictor variable. This approach was tested in a meta-analysis of available literature data using bootstrapped partial least-squares regression. It explained 73% of the variation in k for the 19 pesticide-study combinations (n = 212) in the database. When 4 of the 19 pesticide-study combinations were excluded (n = 169), the approach explained 80% of the variation in the degradation rate constant. We conclude that the approach shows promise as an effective way to account for the effects of bioavailability and microbial activity on microbial pesticide degradation in large-scale model applications.
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- Abdul Ghafoor
- Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.
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