Use of Plant Protection Products in Lombardy, Italy and the Health Risk for the Ingestion of Contaminated Water.

ABSTRACT: Pesticides used to protect agricultural crops may contaminate groundwater. This work aimed to identify the pesticides used in Lombardy, Italy, in 2016, their concentration in the groundwater and the risk for health associated with the intake of drinkable water in the adult population. The risk was evaluated for the presence of single and multiple active substances in the groundwater, calculating the hazard quotient (HQ) and the hazard index (HI), respectively. Lombardy utilises an agricultural area of 980,112 h, which is mainly cultivated with cereals (74%). Approximately 2354 pesticides (about 1.3 × 10⁷ kg), containing 410 active substances (about 4.5 × 10⁶ kg) were sold. There were groundwater contamination measurements in 158 monitoring points, which were investiga

SUBMITTER: Mercadante R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8309806 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature