Surface water contamination from pesticide mixtures and risks to aquatic life in a high-input agricultural region of Brazil

The environmental risks of pesticides found in surface waters of an important agricultural basin in Brazil were estimated by adopting two approaches: individual pesticides risk quotients (RQ) and concentration addition model for pesticide mixtures (∑RQs) contained in each water sample. Monitoring wa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chemosphere (Oxford) 2022-12, Vol.308, p.136400-136400, Article 136400
Hauptverfasser: Monticelli Barizon, Robson Rolland, Kummrow, Fábio, Fernandes de Albuquerque, Anjaina, Assalin, Márcia Regina, Rosa, Maria Aparecida, Cassoli de Souza Dutra, Debora Renata, Almeida Pazianotto, Ricardo Antônio
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Zusammenfassung:The environmental risks of pesticides found in surface waters of an important agricultural basin in Brazil were estimated by adopting two approaches: individual pesticides risk quotients (RQ) and concentration addition model for pesticide mixtures (∑RQs) contained in each water sample. Monitoring was carried out in the Mogi Guaçu River basin, Brazil, from October 2017 to May 2018. Four sampling points were selected in the Mogi Guaçu River and seven in its tributaries A multiresidue method with solid-phase extraction and subsequent analysis by UPLC-ESI-QqQ-MS/MS was developed to quantify 19 pesticides. Herbicides, except for simazine, presented the highest detection frequencies with values above 70%. Tebuthiuron was found in all 55 analyzed samples, presenting the highest concentration (6437 ng L−1) over the monitoring period. Fungicides and insecticides showed similar detection frequency (DF) values, ranging from 1.8% to 21.8%. Tebuconazole and carbofuran were the fungicides and insecticides most frequently detected, respectively. January 2018 sampling showed the highest total concentration of pesticides, differing from March 2018 and May 2018 (p  TMG8 > MG1 > TMG6 sites showed the highest concentration total of pesticides while MG4 > TMG4 > TMG3 (p  TMG4 > TMG3 (p  LOQ presented individual risks to aquatic biota. Contrary to the results obtained by the individual risk assessment, most pesticide mixtures presented risks to aquatic biota. In 36 out of the 55 samples analyzed during monitoring, pesticide mixtures presented risks to aquatic life. [Display omitted] •Analytical method met the quality criteria.•The highest pesticide concentrations were found in the rainy season.•Herbicides presented the highest detection frequencies with values above 70%.•25 out of 269 pesticides occurrences presented risks individually for aquatic biota.•Most pesticide mixtures presented risks to aquatic organisms (31 out of 55).
ISSN:0045-6535
1879-1298
DOI:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136400