Continuous high-frequency pesticide monitoring to observe the unexpected and the overlooked.

ABSTRACT: Synthetic Plant Protection Products (PPPs) are a key element for a large part of today's global food systems. However, the transport of PPPs and their transformation products (TPs) to water bodies has serious negative effects on aquatic ecosystems. Small streams in agricultural catchments may experience pronounced concentration peaks given the proximity to fields and poor dilution capacity. Traditional sampling approaches often prevent a comprehensive understanding of PPPs and TPs concentration patterns being limited by trade-offs between temporal resolution and duration of the observation period. These limitations result in a knowledge gap for accurate ecotoxicological risk assessment and the achievement of optimal monitoring strategies for risk mitigation. We present here high-frequency

SUBMITTER: la Cecilia D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8593654 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature