Pesticide contamination of groundwater in western Europe

Leistra, M.; Boesten, J.J.T.I.

doi:10.1016/0167-8809(89)90018-2

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“…Agricultural pesticides and their degradates have not been included in this review; the environmental occurrence of this group of organic contaminants is better characterised and reviewed compared with many other groups of EOCs and are better regulated with respect to drinking water standards in many countries (Leistra and Boesten, 1989;Ritter, 1990;Kolpin et al, 1998;Murray et al, 2010;Stuart et al, 2011).…”

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“…Eckel et al, 1993;Holm et al, 1995), as well as indirectly through the process of groundwater-surface water (GW-SW) exchange (Buerge et al, 2009). Recent reviews have covered the occurrence of EOCs in surface waters used for public water supply (Houtman, 2010), the sources, occurrence and fate of 'emerging organic contaminants' (EOCs) in surface water sources (Pal et al, 2010), and trace pollutants and EOCs in fresh water sources (Murray et al, 2010 (Leistra and Boesten, 1989;Ritter, 1990;Kolpin et al, 1998;Murray et al, 2010;Stuart et al, 2011). …”

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Emerging organic contaminants in groundwater: A review of sources, fate and occurrence

Lapworth

Baran

Stuart

et al. 2012

Environmental Pollution

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Emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) detected in groundwater may have adverse effects on human health and aquatic ecosystems. This paper reviews the existing occurrence data in groundwater for a range of EOCs including pharmaceutical, personal care, 'life-style' and selected industrial compounds. The main sources and pathways for organic EOCs in groundwater are reviewed, with occurrence data for EOCs in groundwater included from both targeted studies and broad reconnaissance surveys. Nanogram-microgram per litre concentrations are present in groundwater for a large range of EOCs as well as metabolites and transformation products and under certain conditions may pose a threat to freshwater bodies for decades due to relatively long groundwater residence times. In the coming decades, more of these EOCs are likely to have drinking water standards, environmental quality standards and/or groundwater threshold values defined, and therefore a better understanding of the spatial and temporal variation remains a priority.Keywords: emerging contaminants; review; groundwater; pharmaceuticals; occurrence Capsule: A large range of emerging organic contaminants are now being detected in groundwater as a result of recent and historical anthropogenic activities. IntroductionA diverse array of synthetic organic compounds are used by society in vast quantities for a range of purposes including the production and preservation of food, industrial manufacturing processes, as well as for human and animal healthcare. In the last few decades there has been a growing interest in the occurrence of these, so called, 'micro-organic contaminants' in the terrestrial and aquatic environment, their environmental fate and their potential toxicity (Stan and Linkerhagner, 1992;Stan et al., 1994;Halling-Sørensen et al., 1998;Daughton and Ternes, 1999;Schwarzenbach et al., 2006;Kümmerer, 2009). The contamination of groundwater resources by micro-organics is a growing concern and relatively poorly understood compared to other freshwater resources. Groundwater provides the most reliable perennial source of freshwater on Earth. It maintains flows and levels in rivers and lakes, is essential for the health of groundwater-dependant ecosystems, and in many parts of the world is the most important source of drinking water.Of particular concern are 'emerging organic contaminants' (EOCs). This term is used to cover not only newly developed compounds but also compounds newly discovered in the environment -often due to analytical developments (Lindsey et al., 2001;Petrovic and Barceló, 2006;Richardson and Ternes, 2011) and compounds that have only recently been categorised as contaminants. EOCs include a wide array of different compounds (as well as metabolites and transformation products-collectively referred to here as degradates)including; pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), pesticides, veterinary products, industrial compounds/by-products, food additives as well as engineered nanomaterials. Because of the vast array of possible comp...

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Emerging organic contaminants in groundwater: A review of sources, fate and occurrence

Lapworth

Baran

Stuart

et al. 2012

Environmental Pollution

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“…For more information on the environmental significance of DDT metabolites readers are referred to Metcalf (9). Although the importance of degradation products has long been known, their significance became more evident in the late 1980's, because of their potential to contaminate water and food resources (8,10,11) and to promote rapid degradation of parent compounds by serving as energy or nutrient sources for soil microorganisms (12).…”

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Pesticide Transformation Products in the Environment

Somasundaram

Coats

1991

ACS Symposium Series

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“…Residues of a large variety of compounds are found in aquifers on all inhabited continents, beneath highly variable types of environments (Gaw et al, 2008;Kolpin et al, 1998;Leistra and Boesten, 1989;Li and Zhang, 1999;Pick et al, 1992;Schipper et al, 2008;Shomar et al, 2006;Tariq et al, 2007). The problem is complex since pesticide use, although always involving a risk of unrestrained environmental spread and accumulation, is generally considered necessary in order to sustain worldwide food production (Tadeo, 2008).…”

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Statistical screening for descriptive parameters for pesticide occurrence in a shallow groundwater catchment

Åkesson¹,

Sparrenbom²,

Carlsson³

et al. 2013

Journal of Hydrology

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This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with colleagues.Other uses, including reproduction and distribution, or selling or licensing copies, or posting to personal, institutional or third party websites are prohibited. We have assessed the ability of a range of pesticide, site and climate parameters to discriminate between detected and non-detected pesticides as observed by long-term monitoring data of pesticide use and groundwater occurrence in a small catchment in southern Sweden. Of seventeen investigated parameters, six demonstrated such an ability: dosage applied, the Henry's Law Constant (HLC), the octanolwater partitioning coefficient (log P ow ), the amount of precipitation the week before application, the amount of precipitation the month after application, and the substance degradation potential (DT 50 ). The apparent influence of the investigated parameters on pesticide occurrence in groundwater, and their apparent suitability as descriptive parameters in terms of assessment of related risks, is accordingly discussed. We conclude that knowledge of actual pesticide use appear fundamental for risk assessment of groundwater contamination potential. We further suggest that chemical property-parameters of specific pesticides, although clearly valuable, should be applied in groundwater contamination risk assessments with care. If site-specific values are unattainable, tabular values of log P ow , HLC and water solubility (W s ) are demonstrated to exhibit a superior explanatory ability than those of substance adsorption potential (K oc ) and DT 50 which, in the latter case, is shown to be able to lead to misleading conclusions on actual risks.The demonstrated explanatory ability of precipitation both before and after application suggests that relatively greater precipitation amounts occur in relation to application of non-detected substances. Increased dilution and run-off as well as decreased soil matrix retainment and decreased top-soil cracking are potential explanations although higher-resolution monitoring records are needed in order to confirm these hypotheses.

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Pesticide contamination of groundwater in western Europe

Cited by 151 publications

References 6 publications

Emerging organic contaminants in groundwater: A review of sources, fate and occurrence

Emerging organic contaminants in groundwater: A review of sources, fate and occurrence

Pesticide Transformation Products in the Environment

Statistical screening for descriptive parameters for pesticide occurrence in a shallow groundwater catchment

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